Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 21-10-1985 and time 08:52:33 (Italy) in region 7 km SE Sovicille (SI)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 7 km SE Sovicille (SI), on

  • 21-10-1985 07:52:33 (UTC)
  • 21-10-1985 08:52:33 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.2480, 11.3010 at 5 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
Sovicille SI 7 10116 10116
Siena SI 8 53903 64019
Monteroni d'Arbia SI 10 9088 73107
Murlo SI 11 2389 75496
Monticiano SI 15 1571 77067
Monteriggioni SI 18 9810 86877
Buonconvento SI 19 3173 90050
Castelnuovo Berardenga SI 20 9097 99147

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
8 Km SW of Siena (53903 inhabitants)
53 Km W of Arezzo (99543 inhabitants)
56 Km N of Grosseto (82087 inhabitants)
58 Km S of Scandicci (50609 inhabitants)
58 Km S of Firenze (382808 inhabitants)
72 Km S of Prato (191150 inhabitants)
82 Km SE of Pistoia (90315 inhabitants)
87 Km E of Livorno (159219 inhabitants)
89 Km SE of Pisa (89158 inhabitants)
90 Km W of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
93 Km SE of Lucca (89046 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 2.4 1985-10-21
07:52:33
43.248 11.301 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 14929
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1985-10-21 07:52:33 ± 0.247
Latitude 43.2480 ± 0.0210
Longitude 11.3010 ± 0.0242
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 14929

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) 3044.4
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 122
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 9
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) 0.00542
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01093
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitude information

Md:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 14929
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:17:44
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.AR1.Z. 1985-10-21T07:53:14.50 10.0 undecidable manual SN 78 1.2099 -0.13 0.5
--.BD1.Z. 1985-10-21T07:53:09.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 328 0.9546 1.5 0
--.PS9.Z. 1985-10-21T07:52:59.20 10.0 undecidable manual SG 310 0.7326 -1.1 0.1
--.AR1.Z. 1985-10-21T07:52:57.50 10.0 undecidable manual PN 78 1.2099 0.12 1.2
--.AS1.Z. 1985-10-21T07:52:54.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 100 0.999 0.44 1
--.BD1.Z. 1985-10-21T07:52:53.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 328 0.9546 -0.26 1.2
--.MA1.Z. 1985-10-21T07:52:51.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 187 0.8325 -0.01 1.4
--.PS9.Z. 1985-10-21T07:52:49.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 310 0.7326 0.09 2.8
--.CH1.Z. 1985-10-21T07:52:46.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 51 0.5994 -0.65 0.7
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