Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.5 on date 01-08-2006 and time 04:47:07 (UTC) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 2.5 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 01-08-2006 04:47:07 (UTC)
  • 01-08-2006 06:47:07 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1950, 14.8440 at 127 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
Piraino ME 4 3962 3962
Brolo ME 4 5783 9745
Gioiosa Marea ME 5 7074 16819
Naso ME 9 3813 20632
Ficarra ME 9 1469 22101
Capo d'Orlando ME 10 13254 35355
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 10 3090 38445
Montagnareale ME 11 1615 40060
Patti ME 12 13431 53491
Sinagra ME 12 2705 56196
Castell'Umberto ME 13 3128 59324
Mirto ME 15 974 60298
Librizzi ME 15 1660 61958
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 15 1319 63277
Capri Leone ME 15 4515 67792
Frazzanò ME 16 711 68503
Raccuja ME 17 1041 69544
Ucria ME 17 1058 70602
Tortorici ME 18 6435 77037
San Marco d'Alunzio ME 18 1996 79033
Torrenova ME 19 4386 83419
Galati Mamertino ME 19 2627 86046
San Piero Patti ME 19 2915 88961

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
62 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
71 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
71 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
80 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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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 2.1
ML 2.5
2006-08-01
04:47:07
38.195 14.844 127 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 583839
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2006-08-01 04:47:07 ± 0.59
Latitude 38.1950 ± 0.0333
Longitude 14.8440 ± 0.0240
Depth (km) 127 ± 5 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 583839

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 3647
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 805
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 6
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 4254.4
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 124
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 8
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.31
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.95958
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

ML:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 583839
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:10:53

Md:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 583839
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:10:53
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2006-08-01T04:47:45.98 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 97 106.5156 -0.266 43
IV.MMME.BHZ. 2006-08-01T04:47:39.17 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 129 46.0206 0.009 25
IV.RSM.SHZ. 2006-08-01T04:47:37.59 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.SCLL.SHZ. 2006-08-01T04:47:32.56 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2006-08-01T04:47:29.83 0.1 positive manual Pg 97 106.5156 0.115 89
MN.CEL.HHE. 2006-08-01T04:47:28.30 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 85 91.8414 -0.214 89
IV.GIB.EHZ. 2006-08-01T04:47:26.99 0.1 positive manual Pg 253 74.8695 -0.29 91
IV.IFIL.BHZ. 2006-08-01T04:47:25.61 0.1 positive manual Pg 330 47.5191 -0.083 100
IV.SLNA.SHZ. 2006-08-01T04:47:25.61 0.1 positive manual Pg 359 40.8258 0.209 99
IV.MMME.BHZ. 2006-08-01T04:47:25.98 0.1 positive manual Pg 129 46.0206 0.357 95
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