Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 29-04-2006 and time 02:13:00 (UTC) in region Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina)

A magnitude ML 1.6 earthquake occured in region: Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina), on

  • 29-04-2006 02:13:00 (UTC)
  • 29-04-2006 04:13:00 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9050, 15.6820 at 36 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
Roghudi RC 8 1104 1104
Melito di Porto Salvo RC 9 11355 12459
Montebello Ionico RC 11 6214 18673
Motta San Giovanni RC 11 6208 24881
San Lorenzo RC 18 2640 27521
Bagaladi RC 18 1039 28560
Condofuri RC 19 5113 33673

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
23 Km S of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
34 Km SE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
56 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
69 Km NE of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
100 Km NE of Siracusa (122291 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 1.6
2006-04-29
02:13:00
37.905 15.682 36 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 565199
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2006-04-29 02:13:00 ± 0.38
Latitude 37.9050 ± 0.0153
Longitude 15.6820 ± 0.0114
Depth (km) 36 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 565199

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1624
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 657
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 3
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1972.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 215
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 11
Number of defining phases 10
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.29
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.39300
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 565199
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 10:51:26

Md:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 565199
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 10:51:26
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
MN.CEL.HHE. 2006-04-29T02:13:16.88 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 25 43.623 0.223 46
IV.MSRU.BHZ. 2006-04-29T02:13:16.70 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 339 42.624 0.248 46
IV.SOI.EHE. 2006-04-29T02:13:15.38 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 60 37.5291 -0.011 49
IV.MMME.BHN. 2006-04-29T02:13:15.20 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 275 37.629 -0.198 47
IV.BADI.EHE. 2006-04-29T02:13:10.52 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.MMME.BHN. 2006-04-29T02:13:09.29 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 275 37.629 0.284 92
IV.MSRU.BHZ. 2006-04-29T02:13:09.50 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 339 42.624 -0.114 95
MN.CEL.HHE. 2006-04-29T02:13:09.78 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 25 43.623 0.047 95
IV.SOI.EHE. 2006-04-29T02:13:09.20 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 60 37.5291 0.199 93
IV.SCLL.SHZ. 2006-04-29T02:13:08.75 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 4 39.1275 -0.436 89
IV.MTTG.SHZ. 2006-04-29T02:13:06.53 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 8 11.0778 -0.125 100
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