Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 18-04-2006 and time 09:56:45 (Italy) in region Costa Toscana settentrionale (Massa Carrara, Lucca, Pisa)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: Costa Toscana settentrionale (Massa Carrara, Lucca, Pisa), on

  • 18-04-2006 07:56:45 (UTC)
  • 18-04-2006 09:56:45 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.6550, 10.2120 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
Livorno LI 14 159219 159219
Pisa PI 17 89158 248377

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
14 Km NW of Livorno (159219 inhabitants)
17 Km W of Pisa (89158 inhabitants)
24 Km S of Viareggio (62467 inhabitants)
32 Km SW of Lucca (89046 inhabitants)
43 Km S of Massa (69479 inhabitants)
48 Km S of Carrara (63133 inhabitants)
59 Km SE of La Spezia (93959 inhabitants)
65 Km W of Pistoia (90315 inhabitants)
76 Km W of Prato (191150 inhabitants)
79 Km W of Scandicci (50609 inhabitants)
85 Km W of Firenze (382808 inhabitants)
98 Km W of Siena (53903 inhabitants)
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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 1.2
2006-04-18
07:56:45
43.655 10.212 10 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 562789
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2006-04-18 07:56:45 ± 0.14
Latitude 43.6550 ± 0.0468
Longitude 10.2120 ± 0.0709
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 562789

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 7684
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 579
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) 7715.6
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 182
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) 0.3
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.32555
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.66820
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:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 562789
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 10:48:57

Md:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 562789
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 10:48:57
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.PZZT.HHE. 2006-04-18T07:57:08.08 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 44 74.1702 -0.346 44
IV.BDI.HHN. 2006-04-18T07:57:03.00 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 34 54.7008 -0.248 47
IV.PZZT.HHE. 2006-04-18T07:56:59.08 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 44 74.1702 0.158 91
IV.GROG.HHE. 2006-04-18T07:56:58.22 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 226 36.1416 -0.053 50
IV.BDI.HHN. 2006-04-18T07:56:56.16 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 34 54.7008 0.228 93
IV.GROG.HHE. 2006-04-18T07:56:53.00 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 226 36.1416 -0.06 100
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