Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 03-09-1986 and time 02:56:25 (UTC) in region 3 km NW Castellina in Chianti (SI)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 3 km NW Castellina in Chianti (SI), on

  • 03-09-1986 02:56:25 (UTC)
  • 03-09-1986 04:56:25 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.4960, 11.2730 at 10 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
Castellina in Chianti SI 3 2859 2859
Radda in Chianti SI 8 1613 4472
Barberino Val d'Elsa FI 10 4386 8858
Greve in Chianti FI 11 13862 22720
Poggibonsi SI 11 29196 51916
Tavarnelle Val di Pesa FI 11 7800 59716
Monteriggioni SI 12 9810 69526
Gaiole in Chianti SI 13 2758 72284
Colle di Val d'Elsa SI 15 21620 93904
Cavriglia AR 18 9614 103518
San Gimignano SI 19 7820 111338
San Casciano in Val di Pesa FI 19 17062 128400
Certaldo FI 20 16121 144521

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
20 Km N of Siena (53903 inhabitants)
30 Km S of Scandicci (50609 inhabitants)
31 Km S of Firenze (382808 inhabitants)
45 Km SE of Prato (191150 inhabitants)
49 Km W of Arezzo (99543 inhabitants)
57 Km SE of Pistoia (90315 inhabitants)
73 Km SE of Lucca (89046 inhabitants)
74 Km E of Pisa (89158 inhabitants)
78 Km E of Livorno (159219 inhabitants)
83 Km N of Grosseto (82087 inhabitants)
92 Km E of Viareggio (62467 inhabitants)
100 Km W of Perugia (166134 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 1986-09-03
02:56:25
43.496 11.273 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 33529
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1986-09-03 02:56:25 ± 0.596
Latitude 43.4960 ± 0.0598
Longitude 11.2730 ± 0.0228
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 33529

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) 6897.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 217
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 6
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.5
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00453
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00672
Number of stations at which the event was observed 3
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitude information

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 33529
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:34:11
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.BDI.Z. 1986-09-03T02:56:51.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 319 0.7437 -0.16 0.5
--.PS9.Z. 1986-09-03T02:56:46.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 293 0.5883 -0.52 0.7
--.CRE.Z. 1986-09-03T02:56:43.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 76 0.4995 -0.9 0.6
--.BDI.Z. 1986-09-03T02:56:42.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 319 0.7437 1.29 0.6
--.PS9.Z. 1986-09-03T02:56:37.60 10.0 undecidable manual PG 293 0.5883 -0.14 1.9
--.CRE.Z. 1986-09-03T02:56:36.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 76 0.4995 0.27 1.8
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