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Earthquake with magnitude of ML-VAX 4.0 on date 15-08-1986 and time 17:15:35 (Italy) in region Costa Calabra nord occidentale (Cosenza)

A magnitude ML-VAX 4.0 earthquake occured in region: Costa Calabra nord occidentale (Cosenza), on

  • 15-08-1986 15:15:35 (UTC)
  • 15-08-1986 17:15:35 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 39.64, 15.62 at 254 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
Diamante CS 17 5329 5329

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
66 Km NW of Cosenza (67546 inhabitants)
95 Km NW of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
Recent and historical Seismicity
Seismic hazard
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Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Rev 1000 ML-VAX 4.0 1986-08-15
15:15:35		 39.64 15.63 255 2013-07-15
08:40:51		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 32849
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1986-08-15 15:15:35 ± 0.695
Latitude 39.64 ± 0.02
Longitude 15.63 ± 0.05
Depth (km) 255 ± 6 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 32849

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) 5410.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 96
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 28
Number of defining phases 28
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) 0.00445
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.02866
Number of stations at which the event was observed 22
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 22
Magnitude information

ML:4

Field Value
Value 4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 32849
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-04-28 13:07:13
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.BRT.Z. 1986-08-15T15:16:45.50 10.0 undecidable manual S 43 0.0152 -0.5 0.3
--.SGO.Z. 1986-08-15T15:16:37.00 10.0 undecidable manual S 345 0.0085 0.07 0.5
--.TS9.Z. 1986-08-15T15:16:35.00 10.0 undecidable manual S 87 0.0049 1.15 0.2
--.ORI.Z. 1986-08-15T15:16:34.50 10.0 undecidable manual S 56 0.0067 -0.71 0.4
--.MG9.Z. 1986-08-15T15:16:34.00 10.0 undecidable manual S 354 0.0045 0.41 0.5
--.CSI.Z. 1986-08-15T15:16:32.00 10.0 undecidable manual S 74 0.0048 -1.77 0
--.AQU.Z. 1986-08-15T15:16:31.00 10.0 undecidable manual P 329 0.0287 -0.13 0.8
--.FAI.Z. 1986-08-15T15:16:27.50 10.0 undecidable manual P 213 0.0253 0.5 0.7
--.SD1.Z. 1986-08-15T15:16:23.00 10.0 undecidable manual P 327 0.0223 -0.44 0.7
--.GIB.Z. 1986-08-15T15:16:19.50 10.0 positive manual P 217 0.0185 0.18 2.1
--.MS9.Z. 1986-08-15T15:16:19.00 10.0 undecidable manual P 203 0.0167 1.62 0.1
--.SGG.Z. 1986-08-15T15:16:18.50 10.0 positive manual P 332 0.0178 -0.05 2.1
--.MSC.Z. 1986-08-15T15:16:18.30 10.0 positive manual P 321 0.018 -0.35 1.8
--.BRT.Z. 1986-08-15T15:16:15.50 10.0 undecidable manual P 43 0.0152 -0.5 0.9
--.TR9.Z. 1986-08-15T15:16:14.60 10.0 positive manual P 348 0.0129 0.67 1.6
--.FE2.Z. 1986-08-15T15:16:14.80 10.0 undecidable manual P 167 0.0147 -0.71 0.6
--.MSI.Z. 1986-08-15T15:16:13.00 10.0 undecidable manual P 182 0.0129 -0.92 0.4
--.GA2.Z. 1986-08-15T15:16:13.50 10.0 undecidable manual P 174 0.0133 -0.74 0.6
--.SOR.Z. 1986-08-15T15:16:13.00 10.0 positive manual P 314 0.0122 -0.39 2.1
--.RI2.Z. 1986-08-15T15:16:13.40 10.0 undecidable manual P 151 0.0125 -0.18 2.5
--.SE2.Z. 1986-08-15T15:16:11.60 10.0 undecidable manual P 126 0.0095 0.25 2.5
--.SGO.Z. 1986-08-15T15:16:11.00 10.0 negative manual P 345 0.0085 0.24 2.5
--.ORI.Z. 1986-08-15T15:16:11.00 10.0 undecidable manual P 56 0.0067 1.23 0.2
--.TS9.Z. 1986-08-15T15:16:10.00 10.0 undecidable manual P 87 0.0049 1.02 0.4
--.CSI.Z. 1986-08-15T15:16:10.00 10.0 undecidable manual P 74 0.0048 1.07 0.4
--.DR2.Z. 1986-08-15T15:16:10.50 10.0 undecidable manual P 166 0.0091 -0.65 0.8
--.MG9.Z. 1986-08-15T15:16:09.00 10.0 undecidable manual P 354 0.0045 0.17 1.3
--.CZI.Z. 1986-08-15T15:16:08.50 10.0 undecidable manual P 137 0.0052 -0.57 0.9
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