Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 28-08-2006 and time 08:29:48 (Italy) in region Tirreno Meridionale (MARE)

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

  • 28-08-2006 06:29:48 (UTC)
  • 28-08-2006 08:29:48 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.4470, 15.2430 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

No Italian municipalities within 20 km distance.

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
39 Km NW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
51 Km NW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
93 Km N of Acireale (52622 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
Bulletin
Rev1000
Md 1.8
ML 2.0
2006-08-28
06:29:48
38.447 15.243 10 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 588489
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2006-08-28 06:29:48 ± 0.62
Latitude 38.4470 ± 0.0657
Longitude 15.2430 ± 0.0379
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 588489

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 7789
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1842
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 21
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 8011.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 208
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 4
Number of defining phases 4
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.71
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.21764
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.54229
Number of stations at which the event was observed 3
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitudes information

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 588489
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:15:49

Md:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 588489
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:15:49
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MSRU.BHE. 2006-08-28T06:29:59.60 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 131 30.747 0.574 44
IV.IFIL.BHE. 2006-08-28T06:29:59.13 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 283 60.1953 0.176 92
IV.MSRU.BHE. 2006-08-28T06:29:54.05 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 131 30.747 -0.364 93
IV.IVPL.BHZ. 2006-08-28T06:29:53.29 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 251 24.1536 -0.073 100
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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