Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 27-02-2006 and time 07:57:33 (Italy) in region 2 km NE Rodì Milici (ME)

A magnitude ML 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 2 km NE Rodì Milici (ME), on

  • 27-02-2006 06:57:33 (UTC)
  • 27-02-2006 07:57:33 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1240, 15.1860 at 11 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
Rodì Milici ME 2 2056 2056
Terme Vigliatore ME 3 7395 9451
Castroreale ME 4 2504 11955
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 4 41583 53538
Furnari ME 6 3784 57322
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 6 1531 58853
Merì ME 7 2338 61191
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 9 4650 65841
Falcone ME 9 2808 68649
San Filippo del Mela ME 9 7115 75764
Oliveri ME 11 2181 77945
Tripi ME 11 873 78818
Milazzo ME 12 31646 110464
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 12 1807 112271
Pace del Mela ME 12 6239 118510
Novara di Sicilia ME 13 1337 119847
Basicò ME 13 612 120459
Condrò ME 14 493 120952
San Pier Niceto ME 15 2837 123789
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 15 1019 124808
Torregrotta ME 17 7431 132239
Antillo ME 17 919 133158
Monforte San Giorgio ME 18 2777 135935
Mandanici ME 18 601 136536
Roccavaldina ME 18 1133 137669
Valdina ME 18 1355 139024
Montalbano Elicona ME 19 2287 141311
Venetico ME 19 3911 145222
Patti ME 19 13431 158653
Spadafora ME 20 5021 163674

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
33 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
40 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
57 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
70 Km N of Catania (314555 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 1.9
ML 2.0
2006-02-27
06:57:33
38.124 15.186 11 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 555769
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2006-02-27 06:57:33 ± 0.06
Latitude 38.1240 ± 0.0027
Longitude 15.1860 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 11 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 555769

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 474
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 316
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 107
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 583.1
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 163
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 6
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.14
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.19605
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.29947
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 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 555769
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 10:41:41

Md:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 555769
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 10:41:41
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MSRU.BHN. 2006-02-27T06:57:44.08 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 61 32.1456 -0.011 50
IV.IVPL.BHZ. 2006-02-27T06:57:44.29 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 327 33.2445 -0.094 37
IV.MMME.BHZ. 2006-02-27T06:57:41.13 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 164 21.7671 -0.188 49
IV.MSRU.BHN. 2006-02-27T06:57:39.42 0.1 positive manual Pg 61 32.1456 -0.003 100
IV.IVPL.BHZ. 2006-02-27T06:57:39.61 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 327 33.2445 0.018 100
IV.MMME.BHZ. 2006-02-27T06:57:37.94 0.1 positive manual Pg 164 21.7671 0.117 100
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