Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 16-08-1985 and time 03:49:17 (Italy) in region 5 km SE Farini (PC)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 5 km SE Farini (PC), on

  • 16-08-1985 01:49:17 (UTC)
  • 16-08-1985 03:49:17 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.6740, 9.6030 at 10 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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
Farini PC 5 1290 1290
Ferriere PC 9 1294 2584
Morfasso PC 10 1024 3608
Bardi PR 11 2227 5835
Bettola PC 12 2828 8663
Bore PR 16 749 9412
Coli PC 17 879 10291
Corte Brugnatella PC 18 586 10877
Santo Stefano d'Aveto GE 18 1126 12003
Bedonia PR 19 3482 15485
Varsi PR 19 1230 16715
Cerignale PC 20 127 16842
Bobbio PC 20 3577 20419

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
43 Km S of Piacenza (102191 inhabitants)
59 Km W of Parma (192836 inhabitants)
61 Km E of Genova (586655 inhabitants)
61 Km SW of Cremona (71901 inhabitants)
66 Km N of La Spezia (93959 inhabitants)
67 Km SE of Pavia (72576 inhabitants)
77 Km NW of Carrara (63133 inhabitants)
81 Km W of Reggio nell'Emilia (171345 inhabitants)
82 Km E of Alessandria (93943 inhabitants)
83 Km NW of Massa (69479 inhabitants)
92 Km SE of Vigevano (63310 inhabitants)
94 Km SE of Milano (1345851 inhabitants)
98 Km E of Savona (61345 inhabitants)
100 Km SE of Sesto San Giovanni (81608 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000
Md 2.4 1985-08-16
01:49:17
44.674 9.603 10 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 11859
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1985-08-16 01:49:17 ± 0.726
Latitude 44.6740 ± 0.0111
Longitude 9.6030 ± 0.0186
Depth (km) 10 ± 6 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 11859

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) 1914.5
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 123
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 7
Number of defining phases 7
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.3
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00121
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00842
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitude information

Md:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 11859
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:15:12
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.BD1.Z. 1985-08-16T01:49:49.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 130 0.9324 -0.73 0.1
--.GEN.Z. 1985-08-16T01:49:36.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 241 0.5328 -0.39 0.5
--.BD1.Z. 1985-08-16T01:49:36.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 130 0.9324 0.3 1.2
--.GEN.Z. 1985-08-16T01:49:29.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 241 0.5328 0.41 1.3
--.PCN.Z. 1985-08-16T01:49:26.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 6 0.3774 0.15 2.1
--.CO9.Z. 1985-08-16T01:49:24.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 310 0.1332 0.23 0.8
--.CO9.Z. 1985-08-16T01:49:21.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 310 0.1332 -0.5 1
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
Fault Plane solutions in the area
Download
Type Description Link
QuakeML - small Event, Origin, FocalMechanism Download
QuakeML - full Event, Origin, FocalMechanism, Amplitude, Arrival, Pick, Station Magnitude Download