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Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 18-12-1985 and time 02:43:05 (UTC) in region 2 km NE Pesche (IS)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 2 km NE Pesche (IS), on

  • 18-12-1985 02:43:05 (UTC)
  • 18-12-1985 03:43:05 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 41.6220, 14.2980 at 15 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.

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Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Pesche IS 2 1661 1661
Sessano del Molise IS 4 727 2388
Carpinone IS 4 1157 3545
Miranda IS 5 1047 4592
Pettoranello del Molise IS 6 460 5052
Isernia IS 7 21842 26894
Pescolanciano IS 7 855 27749
Castelpetroso IS 8 1680 29429
Santa Maria del Molise IS 10 665 30094
Chiauci IS 10 233 30327
Roccasicura IS 10 550 30877
Civitanova del Sannio IS 10 945 31822
Carovilli IS 10 1359 33181
Sant'Agapito IS 11 1496 34677
Castelpizzuto IS 11 155 34832
Macchiagodena IS 11 1854 36686
Longano IS 12 690 37376
Macchia d'Isernia IS 13 1035 38411
Forlì del Sannio IS 13 675 39086
Frosolone IS 13 3170 42256
Fornelli IS 13 1909 44165
Acquaviva d'Isernia IS 14 425 44590
Cantalupo nel Sannio IS 14 739 45329
Duronia CB 14 405 45734
Roccamandolfi IS 15 938 46672
Monteroduni IS 15 2264 48936
Sant'Elena Sannita IS 15 275 49211
Pietrabbondante IS 16 759 49970
Colli a Volturno IS 16 1349 51319
Montaquila IS 16 2456 53775
Bagnoli del Trigno IS 16 735 54510
Molise CB 16 167 54677
Cerro al Volturno IS 17 1281 55958
Rionero Sannitico IS 17 1118 57076
San Massimo CB 17 855 57931
Vastogirardi IS 17 704 58635
Rocchetta a Volturno IS 18 1113 59748
Spinete CB 18 1320 61068
Castelverrino IS 18 115 61183
Gallo Matese CE 18 579 61762
Torella del Sannio CB 19 795 62557
Letino CE 19 712 63269
Casalciprano CB 20 564 63833
Pietracupa CB 20 215 64048
Scapoli IS 20 680 64728
Castel San Vincenzo IS 20 516 65244
Poggio Sannita IS 20 702 65946

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
61 Km N of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
68 Km NW of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
72 Km N of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
75 Km N of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
77 Km N of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
78 Km N of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
80 Km N of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
81 Km N of Marano di Napoli (59874 inhabitants)
82 Km S of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
87 Km N of Napoli (974074 inhabitants)
88 Km N of Pozzuoli (81661 inhabitants)
89 Km N of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
89 Km NW of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
90 Km W of San Severo (53905 inhabitants)
90 Km N of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
93 Km N of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
94 Km S of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
99 Km N of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
100 Km S of Montesilvano (53738 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 1985-12-18
02:43:05		 41.622 14.298 15 2013-07-15
08:40:51		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 18339
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1985-12-18 02:43:05 ± 0.179
Latitude 41.6220 ± 0.0101
Longitude 14.2980 ± 0.0134
Depth (km) 15 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 18339

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) 1576.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 149
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) 0.2
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00105
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00931
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

Md:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 18339
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:21:06
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.SOR.Z. 1985-12-18T02:43:24.90 10.0 undecidable manual PN 178 1.0323 -0.18 0.7
--.SD1.Z. 1985-12-18T02:43:19.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 283 0.3663 -0.41 0.2
--.MSC.Z. 1985-12-18T02:43:16.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 209 0.4995 0.31 0.8
--.SGG.Z. 1985-12-18T02:43:15.20 10.0 undecidable manual SG 165 0.2442 -0.15 0.6
--.SD1.Z. 1985-12-18T02:43:13.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 283 0.3663 0.03 1.7
--.DUI.Z. 1985-12-18T02:43:11.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 73 0.1221 -0.57 0.1
--.SGG.Z. 1985-12-18T02:43:11.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 165 0.2442 -0.12 1.6
--.DUI.Z. 1985-12-18T02:43:09.50 10.0 positive manual PG 73 0.1221 0.27 2.2
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