Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.2 on date 10-03-2006 and time 09:55:11 (UTC) in region 5 km SE Carlentini (SR)

A magnitude ML 2.2 earthquake occured in region: 5 km SE Carlentini (SR), on

  • 10-03-2006 09:55:11 (UTC)
  • 10-03-2006 10:55:11 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.2390, 15.0410 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
Carlentini SR 5 17798 17798
Lentini SR 6 24085 41883
Sortino SR 8 8690 50573
Melilli SR 10 13621 64194
Francofonte SR 14 12800 76994
Priolo Gargallo SR 16 12091 89085
Augusta SR 16 36305 125390
Ferla SR 16 2523 127913
Solarino SR 17 8091 136004
Cassaro SR 17 821 136825
Scordia CT 18 17095 153920
Floridia SR 20 22762 176682

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
30 Km S of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
30 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
43 Km S of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
44 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
49 Km NE of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
55 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
73 Km E of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
91 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 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 2.2
2006-03-10
09:55:11
37.239 15.041 10 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 557079
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2006-03-10 09:55:11 ± 0.9
Latitude 37.2390 ± 0.0360
Longitude 15.0410 ± 0.0542
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 557079

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 5947
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1947
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 51
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 6248.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 276
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.62
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.28688
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitudes information

ML:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 557079
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 10:43:01

Md:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 557079
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 10:43:01
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.HAVL.BHE. 2006-03-10T09:55:22.72 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 167 31.8459 0.454 33
IV.HAVL.BHE. 2006-03-10T09:55:17.06 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 167 31.8459 -0.473 88
IV.AGST.SHZ. 2006-03-10T09:55:17.16 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 83 16.5723 -0.622 43
IV.SSY.BHZ. 2006-03-10T09:55:16.11 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 162 9.4794 0.262 48
IV.AGST.SHZ. 2006-03-10T09:55:15.44 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 83 16.5723 0.498 90
IV.PZI.SHZ. 2006-03-10T09:55:13.90 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.SSY.BHZ. 2006-03-10T09:55:13.78 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 162 9.4794 -0.046 100
MN.VSL.HHZ. 2006-03-10T09:54:58.56 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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