Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 28-02-1986 and time 22:12:49 (Italy) in region 3 km NW Varsi (PR)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 3 km NW Varsi (PR), on

  • 28-02-1986 21:12:49 (UTC)
  • 28-02-1986 22:12:49 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.6870, 9.8200 at 25 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
Varsi PR 3 1230 1230
Bore PR 4 749 1979
Bardi PR 9 2227 4206
Pellegrino Parmense PR 10 1048 5254
Morfasso PC 10 1024 6278
Vernasca PC 13 2131 8409
Valmozzola PR 14 539 8948
Solignano PR 15 1773 10721
Lugagnano Val d'Arda PC 15 4116 14837
Varano de' Melegari PR 15 2676 17513
Gropparello PC 18 2293 19806
Castell'Arquato PC 19 4713 24519
Salsomaggiore Terme PR 19 19831 44350
Bettola PC 20 2828 47178
Farini PC 20 1290 48468

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
42 Km S of Piacenza (102191 inhabitants)
42 Km W of Parma (192836 inhabitants)
52 Km SW of Cremona (71901 inhabitants)
64 Km W of Reggio nell'Emilia (171345 inhabitants)
64 Km N of La Spezia (93959 inhabitants)
71 Km NW of Carrara (63133 inhabitants)
76 Km SE of Pavia (72576 inhabitants)
77 Km E of Genova (586655 inhabitants)
77 Km NW of Massa (69479 inhabitants)
85 Km W of Carpi (70699 inhabitants)
88 Km W of Modena (184973 inhabitants)
97 Km NW of Viareggio (62467 inhabitants)
98 Km E of Alessandria (93943 inhabitants)
100 Km SE of Milano (1345851 inhabitants)
100 Km SW of Brescia (196480 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 2.3 1986-02-28
21:12:49
44.687 9.82 25 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 23309
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1986-02-28 21:12:49 ± 0.443
Latitude 44.6870 ± 0.0269
Longitude 9.8200 ± 0.0572
Depth (km) 25 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 23309

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) 5417.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 138
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) 0.7
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00186
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01684
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:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 23309
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:25:22
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.CTI.Z. 1986-02-28T21:13:19.00 10.0 undecidable manual PN 42 1.8648 -0.67 0.7
--.GEN.-. 1986-02-28T21:13:03.90 10.0 undecidable manual PN 246 0.6771 0.54 1.6
--.VEA.-. 1986-02-28T21:13:02.10 10.0 undecidable manual SG 324 0.2442 0.88 0.5
--.CO9.Z. 1986-02-28T21:13:00.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 286 0.2664 -1.45 0.2
--.BVT.-. 1986-02-28T21:12:59.60 10.0 undecidable manual SG 180 0.2109 -0.78 0.6
--.VEA.-. 1986-02-28T21:12:57.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 324 0.2442 0.88 1.2
--.CO9.Z. 1986-02-28T21:12:56.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 286 0.2664 -0.75 1.5
--.BVT.-. 1986-02-28T21:12:56.40 10.0 positive manual PG 180 0.2109 0.55 1.8
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