Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 27-08-2006 and time 03:39:05 (Italy) in region Tirreno Meridionale (MARE)

A magnitude ML 2.0 earthquake occured in region: Tirreno Meridionale (MARE), on

  • 27-08-2006 01:39:05 (UTC)
  • 27-08-2006 03:39:05 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.4250, 15.3860 at 139 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

No Italian municipalities within 20 km distance.

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
30 Km NW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
42 Km NW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
92 Km N of Acireale (52622 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
ML 2.0 2006-08-27
01:39:05
38.425 15.386 139 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 588319
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2006-08-27 01:39:05 ± 0.9
Latitude 38.4250 ± 0.1331
Longitude 15.3860 ± 0.1378
Depth (km) 139 ± 10 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 588319

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 17662
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 4774
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 308
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 19053.6
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 232
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 7
Number of defining phases 7
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.75
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.43078
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.89932
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitude information

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 588319
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:15:37
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2006-08-27T01:39:42.71 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 124 70.0743 0.719 30
IV.MMME.BHN. 2006-08-27T01:39:41.24 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 192 55.5999 0.621 33
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2006-08-27T01:39:39.33 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 112 47.8188 -0.665 44
IV.GRI.EHZ. 2006-08-27T01:39:28.94 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 64 99.8223 0.387 86
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2006-08-27T01:39:26.50 0.1 negative manual Pg 124 70.0743 -0.006 98
IV.MMME.BHN. 2006-08-27T01:39:25.67 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 192 55.5999 -0.044 100
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2006-08-27T01:39:24.91 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 112 47.8188 -0.443 94
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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