Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.2 on date 07-04-2006 and time 17:20:58 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 2.2 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 07-04-2006 15:20:58 (UTC)
  • 07-04-2006 17:20:58 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.2040, 15.1740 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.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Milazzo ME 6 31646 31646
Terme Vigliatore ME 7 7395 39041
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 7 41583 80624
Merì ME 8 2338 82962
San Filippo del Mela ME 9 7115 90077
Rodì Milici ME 10 2056 92133
Furnari ME 12 3784 95917
Pace del Mela ME 12 6239 102156
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 12 4650 106806
Castroreale ME 12 2504 109310
Falcone ME 13 2808 112118
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 13 1531 113649
Oliveri ME 13 2181 115830
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 13 1807 117637
Condrò ME 14 493 118130
Torregrotta ME 16 7431 125561
San Pier Niceto ME 16 2837 128398
Venetico ME 17 3911 132309
Valdina ME 17 1355 133664
Spadafora ME 18 5021 138685
Roccavaldina ME 18 1133 139818
Tripi ME 18 873 140691
Basicò ME 19 612 141303
Monforte San Giorgio ME 19 2777 144080
Patti ME 20 13431 157511

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
33 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
42 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
66 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
78 Km N of Catania (314555 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 2.0
ML 2.2
2006-04-07
15:20:58
38.204 15.174 10 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 560769
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2006-04-07 15:20:58 ± 0.09
Latitude 38.2040 ± 0.0063
Longitude 15.1740 ± 0.0069
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 560769

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 737
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 526
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 24
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 922.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 140
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 9
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.24
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.59715
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:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 560769
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 10:46:50

Md:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 560769
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 10:46:50
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
MN.WDD.HHN. 2006-04-07T15:21:26.98 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.IFIL.BHZ. 2006-04-07T15:21:18.98 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 307 66.2781 0.341 44
MN.CEL.HHN. 2006-04-07T15:21:17.64 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 84 63.0924 -0.143 46
IV.MMME.BHZ. 2006-04-07T15:21:09.14 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 167 30.6471 0.012 51
IV.MSRU.BHE. 2006-04-07T15:21:09.14 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 77 29.8479 0.21 49
MN.CEL.HHN. 2006-04-07T15:21:09.28 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 84 63.0924 -0.249 91
IV.IFIL.BHZ. 2006-04-07T15:21:09.78 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 307 66.2781 -0.242 90
IV.MTTG.SHZ. 2006-04-07T15:21:07.67 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 116 51.0156 -0.006 98
IV.MMME.BHZ. 2006-04-07T15:21:04.60 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 167 30.6471 0.069 100
IV.MSRU.BHE. 2006-04-07T15:21:04.62 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 77 29.8479 0.203 97
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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