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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 15-03-2006 and time 12:12:25 (Italy) in region 2 km SE Appiano sulla strada del vino (BZ)

A magnitude ML 1.3 earthquake occured in region: 2 km SE Appiano sulla strada del vino (BZ), on

  • 15-03-2006 11:12:25 (UTC)
  • 15-03-2006 12:12:25 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 46.4430, 11.2720 at 17 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.

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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
Appiano sulla strada del vino BZ 2 14775 14775
Caldaro sulla strada del vino BZ 4 7908 22683
Vadena BZ 4 1038 23721
Laives BZ 6 17700 41421
Bronzolo BZ 6 2751 44172
Ruffrè-Mendola TN 8 424 44596
Bolzano BZ 9 106441 151037
Andriano BZ 9 1023 152060
Ronzone TN 10 424 152484
Malosco TN 10 464 152948
Terlano BZ 10 4365 157313
Sarnonico TN 10 761 158074
Fondo TN 10 1448 159522
Aldino BZ 10 1670 161192
Ora BZ 11 3648 164840
Cavareno TN 11 1061 165901
Cornedo all'Isarco BZ 11 3388 169289
San Genesio Atesino BZ 11 3047 172336
Termeno sulla strada del vino BZ 12 3348 175684
Castelfondo TN 12 625 176309
Amblar-Don TN 12 521 176830
Senale-San Felice BZ 12 786 177616
Nalles BZ 12 1942 179558
Nova Ponente BZ 12 3883 183441
Montagna BZ 13 1641 185082
Brez TN 13 741 185823
Romeno TN 13 1385 187208
Egna BZ 14 5232 192440
Dambel TN 14 435 192875
Cloz TN 14 701 193576
Trodena nel parco naturale BZ 15 1026 194602
Cortaccia sulla strada del vino BZ 15 2225 196827
Tesimo BZ 16 1902 198729
Lauregno BZ 16 342 199071
Meltina BZ 16 1661 200732
Romallo TN 16 620 201352
Gargazzone BZ 17 1687 203039
Sfruz TN 17 334 203373
Revò TN 17 1245 204618
Sanzeno TN 17 923 205541
Magrè sulla strada del vino BZ 18 1279 206820
Renon BZ 18 7795 214615
Cagnò TN 18 340 214955
Verano BZ 19 936 215891
Proves BZ 19 261 216152
Rumo TN 19 820 216972
Fiè allo Sciliar BZ 20 3539 220511
Cortina sulla strada del vino BZ 20 642 221153
Postal BZ 20 1858 223011
Anterivo BZ 20 395 223406
Livo TN 20 867 224273
Tires BZ 20 978 225251

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
9 Km SW of Bolzano (106441 inhabitants)
43 Km N of Trento (117317 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 2.2
ML 1.3 		2006-03-15
11:12:25		 46.443 11.272 17 2014-10-21
12:27:13		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 557549
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2006-03-15 11:12:25 ± 0.4
Latitude 46.4430 ± 0.0144
Longitude 11.2720 ± 0.0365
Depth (km) 17 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 557549

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2784
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1531
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 310
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 3224.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 174
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 8
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.41
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 1.43442
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitudes information

ML:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 557549
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 10:43:30

Md:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 557549
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 10:43:30
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.PTCC.SHZ. 2006-03-15T11:12:51.57 0.6 undecidable manual Pg 91 159.2184 0.179 32
IV.CTI.EHZ. 2006-03-15T11:12:41.84 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 146 52.503 -0.266 25
IV.SEST.EHZ. 2006-03-15T11:12:39.32 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 64 79.6647 0.083 71
IV.BRES.EHE. 2006-03-15T11:12:39.61 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 51 45.2214 -0.583 17
IV.CTI.EHZ. 2006-03-15T11:12:34.87 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 146 52.503 -0.218 65
IV.BRES.EHE. 2006-03-15T11:12:33.66 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 51 45.2214 -0.324 65
IV.APPI.EHN. 2006-03-15T11:12:30.95 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 320 5.1948 -0.265 42
IV.APPI.EHN. 2006-03-15T11:12:28.93 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 320 5.1948 0.129 100
HL.KEK.BHE. 2006-03-15T11:12:27.62 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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