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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.8 on date 05-12-2006 and time 19:42:59 (Italy) in region 3 km SE Alto Reno Terme (BO)

A magnitude ML 0.8 earthquake occured in region: 3 km SE Alto Reno Terme (BO), on

  • 05-12-2006 18:42:59 (UTC)
  • 05-12-2006 19:42:59 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.1370, 11.0090 at 10 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.

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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
Alto Reno Terme BO 3 6960 6960
Sambuca Pistoiese PT 4 1626 8586
Castel di Casio BO 4 3448 12034
Camugnano BO 7 1885 13919
Gaggio Montano BO 9 4878 18797
Lizzano in Belvedere BO 10 2212 21009
Castiglione dei Pepoli BO 12 5648 26657
Cantagallo PO 14 3105 29762
Vernio PO 15 6060 35822
Montese MO 16 3353 39175
Castel d'Aiano BO 16 1906 41081
Grizzana Morandi BO 18 3916 44997
Vergato BO 18 7639 52636
Fanano MO 19 2989 55625
San Marcello Pistoiese PT 19 6416 62041

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
24 Km NE of Pistoia (90315 inhabitants)
29 Km N of Prato (191150 inhabitants)
44 Km NW of Scandicci (50609 inhabitants)
45 Km NW of Firenze (382808 inhabitants)
48 Km SW of Bologna (386663 inhabitants)
52 Km NE of Lucca (89046 inhabitants)
57 Km S of Modena (184973 inhabitants)
61 Km W of Imola (69797 inhabitants)
67 Km NE of Pisa (89158 inhabitants)
68 Km E of Viareggio (62467 inhabitants)
69 Km SE of Reggio nell'Emilia (171345 inhabitants)
70 Km E of Massa (69479 inhabitants)
72 Km W of Faenza (58541 inhabitants)
73 Km S of Carpi (70699 inhabitants)
73 Km E of Carrara (63133 inhabitants)
83 Km W of Forlì (117913 inhabitants)
86 Km NE of Livorno (159219 inhabitants)
92 Km SE of Parma (192836 inhabitants)
92 Km SW of Ferrara (133155 inhabitants)
94 Km E of La Spezia (93959 inhabitants)
95 Km N of Siena (53903 inhabitants)
99 Km W of Cesena (96758 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000 		Md 1.6
ML 0.8 		2006-12-05
18:42:59		 44.137 11.009 10 2014-10-21
12:27:13		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 604459
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2006-12-05 18:42:59 ± 0.2
Latitude 44.1370 ± 0.0189
Longitude 11.0090 ± 0.0150
Depth (km) 10 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 604459

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2021
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 638
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 59
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2418.7
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 112
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 13
Number of defining phases 12
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.77
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.54139
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

ML:0.8

Field Value
Value 0.8
Uncertainty 0.9
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 604459
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:32:35

Md:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 604459
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:32:35
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.PZI.SHZ. 2006-12-05T18:43:21.56 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.PII.SHZ. 2006-12-05T18:43:17.95 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 220 60.0954 -0.238 33
IV.PII.SHZ. 2006-12-05T18:43:11.74 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 220 60.0954 1.441 41
IV.SEI.SHZ. 2006-12-05T18:43:10.84 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 108 29.3484 0.859 29
IV.BDI.HHN. 2006-12-05T18:43:10.35 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 256 33.8439 -0.824 38
IV.ZCCA.BHE. 2006-12-05T18:43:09.18 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 354 23.8539 0.656 42
IV.BDI.HHN. 2006-12-05T18:43:06.52 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 256 33.8439 0.273 92
IV.ZCCA.BHE. 2006-12-05T18:43:04.42 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 354 23.8539 -0.298 93
IV.FNVD.HHZ. 2006-12-05T18:43:04.45 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 69 9.6792 0.01 50
IV.SEI.SHZ. 2006-12-05T18:43:04.82 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 108 29.3484 -0.743 80
IV.PZZT.HHZ. 2006-12-05T18:43:04.88 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 267 11.6772 -0.055 50
IV.PZZT.HHZ. 2006-12-05T18:43:02.55 0.1 positive manual Pg 267 11.6772 -0.103 100
IV.FNVD.HHZ. 2006-12-05T18:43:02.40 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 69 9.6792 0.034 100
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
Fault Plane solutions in the area
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