Earthquake with magnitude of Md 1.8 on date 08-10-1985 and time 14:56:10 (UTC) in region Costa Ligure centro occidentale (Savona)

A magnitude Md 1.8 earthquake occured in region: Costa Ligure centro occidentale (Savona), on

  • 08-10-1985 14:56:10 (UTC)
  • 08-10-1985 15:56:10 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.2500, 8.4870 at 8 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
Bergeggi SV 3 1129 1129
Vado Ligure SV 5 8336 9465
Spotorno SV 6 3803 13268
Savona SV 7 61345 74613
Noli SV 7 2736 77349
Quiliano SV 8 7232 84581
Albissola Marina SV 9 5487 90068
Vezzi Portio SV 10 809 90877
Albisola Superiore SV 10 10163 101040
Celle Ligure SV 11 5237 106277
Orco Feglino SV 13 890 107167
Varazze SV 14 13251 120418
Finale Ligure SV 14 11711 132129
Altare SV 15 2108 134237
Mallare SV 16 1146 135383
Calice Ligure SV 16 1730 137113
Stella SV 17 3009 140122
Rialto SV 17 564 140686
Borgio Verezzi SV 18 2205 142891
Pallare SV 19 923 143814
Tovo San Giacomo SV 19 2582 146396
Pietra Ligure SV 20 8992 155388
Carcare SV 20 5587 160975
Magliolo SV 20 974 161949

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
7 Km S of Savona (61345 inhabitants)
40 Km W of Genova (586655 inhabitants)
74 Km NE of Sanremo (54807 inhabitants)
75 Km S of Alessandria (93943 inhabitants)
76 Km SE of Asti (76202 inhabitants)
76 Km E of Cuneo (56081 inhabitants)
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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 1985-10-08
14:56:10
44.25 8.487 8 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 14349
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1985-10-08 14:56:10 ± 0.735
Latitude 44.2500 ± 0.0191
Longitude 8.4870 ± 0.0472
Depth (km) 8 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 14349

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) 4316.8
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 273
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 8
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) 0.00178
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00486
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:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 14349
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:17:16
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.IMP.Z. 1985-10-08T14:56:31.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 231 0.5439 1.41 0
--.ROB.Z. 1985-10-08T14:56:26.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 276 0.444 -0.42 0.5
--.IMP.Z. 1985-10-08T14:56:21.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 231 0.5439 -0.58 0.8
--.ROB.Z. 1985-10-08T14:56:19.90 10.0 undecidable manual PG 276 0.444 -0.05 1.7
--.CK1.Z. 1985-10-08T14:56:19.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 318 0.222 -0.04 0.8
--.FIN.Z. 1985-10-08T14:56:18.40 10.0 undecidable manual SG 257 0.1998 -0.35 0.6
--.CK1.Z. 1985-10-08T14:56:16.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 318 0.222 0.31 1.6
--.FIN.Z. 1985-10-08T14:56:15.30 10.0 undecidable manual PG 257 0.1998 0.07 2
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