Earthquake with magnitude of Md 1.8 on date 26-09-1989 and time 19:12:57 (Italy) in region 3 km W Ala di Stura (TO)

A magnitude Md 1.8 earthquake occured in region: 3 km W Ala di Stura (TO), on

  • 26-09-1989 18:12:57 (UTC)
  • 26-09-1989 19:12:57 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 45.3250, 7.2710 at 14 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

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The values of hypocentral coordinates and magnitude may be revised at a later time as more information becomes available.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Ala di Stura TO 3 469 469
Balme TO 5 115 584
Groscavallo TO 5 204 788
Chialamberto TO 7 345 1133
Cantoira TO 9 564 1697
Ceres TO 9 1065 2762
Mezzenile TO 10 786 3548
Lemie TO 11 179 3727
Pessinetto TO 11 606 4333
Usseglio TO 11 209 4542
Ceresole Reale TO 12 156 4698
ViĆ¹ TO 13 1051 5749
Monastero di Lanzo TO 14 350 6099
Traves TO 14 518 6617
Noasca TO 15 137 6754
Coassolo Torinese TO 15 1547 8301
Germagnano TO 17 1201 9502
Lanzo Torinese TO 17 5086 14588
Locana TO 18 1498 16086

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
43 Km NW of Torino (890529 inhabitants)
49 Km NW of Moncalieri (57294 inhabitants)
87 Km NW of Asti (76202 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000
Md 1.8
M 2.2
1989-09-26
18:12:57
45.325 7.271 14 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 100939
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1989-09-26 18:12:57 ± 0.319
Latitude 45.3250 ± 0.0148
Longitude 7.2710 ± 0.0333
Depth (km) 14 ± 4 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 100939

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description horizontal uncertainty
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi)
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 3083.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 209
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 11
Number of defining phases 11
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.4
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00138
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00963
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

Md:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 100939
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 18:34:09

M:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude M
Reference to an origin 100939
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-04-28 09:48:29
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.PZZ.Z. 1989-09-26T18:13:25.25 10.0 undecidable manual SG 188 0.8214 -1.05 0.1
--.STV.Z. 1989-09-26T18:13:17.68 10.0 undecidable manual PN 177 1.0656 -0.41 1
--.RRL.Z. 1989-09-26T18:13:16.29 10.0 undecidable manual SG 220 0.5328 -0.5 0.5
--.BNI.Z. 1989-09-26T18:13:15.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 236 0.4995 -0.27 0.8
--.PZZ.Z. 1989-09-26T18:13:14.35 10.0 undecidable manual PG 188 0.8214 0.1 1.7
--.LPG.Z. 1989-09-26T18:13:12.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 295 0.3996 -0.73 0.3
--.BNI.Z. 1989-09-26T18:13:09.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 236 0.4995 0.84 0.6
--.RRL.Z. 1989-09-26T18:13:09.22 10.0 undecidable manual PG 220 0.5328 0.46 1.5
--.LPG.Z. 1989-09-26T18:13:06.60 10.0 undecidable manual PG 295 0.3996 0.19 2
--.LSD.Z. 1989-09-26T18:13:04.44 10.0 undecidable manual SG 328 0.1554 -0.68 0.4
--.LSD.Z. 1989-09-26T18:13:01.93 10.0 undecidable manual PG 328 0.1554 -0.09 2.1
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