Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 15-12-2006 and time 10:42:25 (Italy) in region 4 km N Melilli (SR)

A magnitude ML 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 4 km N Melilli (SR), on

  • 15-12-2006 09:42:25 (UTC)
  • 15-12-2006 10:42:25 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.2120, 15.1380 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

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Melilli SR 4 13621 13621
Priolo Gargallo SR 7 12091 25712
Augusta SR 8 36305 62017
Sortino SR 11 8690 70707
Solarino SR 12 8091 78798
Carlentini SR 13 17798 96596
Floridia SR 14 22762 119358
Lentini SR 15 24085 143443

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
22 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
33 Km S of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
45 Km S of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
48 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
51 Km NE of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
61 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
80 Km E of Gela (75827 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 1.7
ML 2.0
2006-12-15
09:42:25
37.212 15.138 10 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 605629
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2006-12-15 09:42:25 ± 0.28
Latitude 37.2120 ± 0.0342
Longitude 15.1380 ± 0.0463
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 605629

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 5316
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1684
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 48
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 5590.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 166
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 7
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.69
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.21674
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 605629
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:33:49

Md:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 605629
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:33:49
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.PZI.SHZ. 2006-12-15T09:42:31.53 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 225 24.0537 0.855 78
I1.HAGA.BHN. 2006-12-15T09:42:30.17 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 10 8.1807 0.229 37
IV.AGST.SHZ. 2006-12-15T09:42:29.80 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 58 9.2796 -0.378 48
IV.SSY.BHZ. 2006-12-15T09:42:29.50 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 224 8.2806 -0.459 35
IV.AGST.SHZ. 2006-12-15T09:42:28.57 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 58 9.2796 0.389 95
IV.SSY.BHZ. 2006-12-15T09:42:27.30 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 224 8.2806 -0.754 84
I1.HAGA.BHN. 2006-12-15T09:42:27.89 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 10 8.1807 -0.155 100
IV.SCHR.EHZ. 2006-12-15T09:42:15.11 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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