Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.8 on date 15-08-2006 and time 07:04:39 (UTC) in region 3 km SW Montereale (AQ)

A magnitude ML 1.8 earthquake occured in region: 3 km SW Montereale (AQ), on

  • 15-08-2006 07:04:39 (UTC)
  • 15-08-2006 09:04:39 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.5090, 13.2160 at 2 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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
Montereale AQ 3 2581 2581
Cagnano Amiterno AQ 6 1369 3950
Borbona RI 7 617 4567
Capitignano AQ 7 665 5232
Barete AQ 8 737 5969
Posta RI 10 694 6663
Pizzoli AQ 10 4326 10989
Cittareale RI 13 482 11471
Campotosto AQ 14 542 12013
Micigliano RI 15 127 12140
Amatrice RI 15 2657 14797
Antrodoco RI 15 2588 17385
Scoppito AQ 16 3727 21112
Borgo Velino RI 17 972 22084
Castel Sant'Angelo RI 20 1308 23392

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
23 Km NW of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
43 Km W of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
47 Km E of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
65 Km SE of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
69 Km NE of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
70 Km NE of Tivoli (56533 inhabitants)
77 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
80 Km W of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
82 Km W of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
91 Km NE of Roma (2864731 inhabitants)
92 Km E of Viterbo (67173 inhabitants)
95 Km SE of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
98 Km NE of Velletri (53303 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 2.0
ML 1.8
2006-08-15
07:04:39
42.509 13.216 2 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 586349
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2006-08-15 07:04:39 ± 0.24
Latitude 42.5090 ± 0.0108
Longitude 13.2160 ± 0.0122
Depth (km) 2 ± 0 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 586349

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1473
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 551
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 270
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1562.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 175
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 15
Number of defining phases 9
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.53
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.41369
Number of stations at which the event was observed 10
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitudes information

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.5
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 586349
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:13:33

Md:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 586349
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:13:33
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.FAGN.EHZ. 2006-08-15T07:04:54.04 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 132 40.4262 0.701 42
IV.TERO.HHE. 2006-08-15T07:04:50.85 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 68 34.1436 -0.283 48
IV.FIAM.HHZ. 2006-08-15T07:04:48.57 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 197 27.9498 -0.438 47
IV.MNS.BHE. 2006-08-15T07:04:48.69 0.6 undecidable manual Pg 253 45.9207 0.203 47
IV.FAGN.EHZ. 2006-08-15T07:04:47.07 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 132 40.4262 -0.327 93
IV.TERO.HHE. 2006-08-15T07:04:46.20 0.1 positive manual Pg 68 34.1436 0.075 99
IV.AQU.SHZ. 2006-08-15T07:04:46.61 1.0 undecidable manual Sg 139 22.9548 -0.678 11
IV.FIAM.HHZ. 2006-08-15T07:04:45.00 0.1 positive manual Pg 197 27.9498 0.103 100
IV.AQU.SHZ. 2006-08-15T07:04:44.06 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 139 22.9548 0.157 100
IV.FRES.HHN. 2006-08-15T07:03:52.58 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.MIDA.HHE. 2006-08-15T07:03:42.72 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.CERA.HHE. 2006-08-15T07:03:41.06 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
IV.CERA.HHE. 2006-08-15T07:03:33.34 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.INTR.HHE. 2006-08-15T07:03:25.73 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.VVLD.EHN. 2006-08-15T07:03:20.81 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
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