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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 16-05-2006 and time 09:21:30 (UTC) in region Costa Catanese (Catania)

A magnitude ML 2.0 earthquake occured in region: Costa Catanese (Catania), on

  • 16-05-2006 09:21:30 (UTC)
  • 16-05-2006 11:21:30 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6460, 15.2530 at 5 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
Acireale CT 8 52622 52622
Riposto CT 11 14838 67460
Aci Catena CT 11 29851 97311
Santa Venerina CT 11 8592 105903
Giarre CT 11 27659 133562
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 12 17984 151546
Valverde CT 13 7840 159386
Mascali CT 14 14282 173668
Aci Castello CT 14 18723 192391
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 14 3524 195915
Zafferana Etnea CT 14 9517 205432
Viagrande CT 14 8563 213995
Sant'Alfio CT 15 1582 215577
Milo CT 15 1087 216664
San Gregorio di Catania CT 16 11966 228630
Trecastagni CT 16 10910 239540
San Giovanni la Punta CT 16 23060 262600
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 17 9623 272223
Pedara CT 17 14102 286325
Tremestieri Etneo CT 18 20589 306914
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 18 9479 316393
Piedimonte Etneo CT 19 3963 320356
Gravina di Catania CT 19 25838 346194
Mascalucia CT 19 31958 378152
Calatabiano CT 20 5308 383460

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
8 Km E of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
22 Km NE of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
62 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
65 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
67 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
92 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
98 Km NE of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
100 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 2.1
ML 2.0 		2006-05-16
09:21:30		 37.646 15.253 5 2014-10-21
12:27:13		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 568559
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2006-05-16 09:21:30 ± 0.14
Latitude 37.6460 ± 0.0054
Longitude 15.2530 ± 0.0136
Depth (km) 5 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 568559

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1134
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 909
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 283
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1341.6
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 183
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 15
Number of defining phases 12
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.4
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.69428
Number of stations at which the event was observed 9
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 568559
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 10:54:59

Md:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 568559
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 10:54:59
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.HAVL.BHE. 2006-05-16T09:21:55.60 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 189 77.0673 0.491 42
IV.SSY.BHE. 2006-05-16T09:21:49.57 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 196 56.3991 -0.043 48
IV.AGST.SHN. 2006-05-16T09:21:46.21 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 183 43.3233 0.463 45
IV.IVPL.BHE. 2006-05-16T09:21:46.99 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
I1.HAGA.BHE. 2006-05-16T09:21:45.30 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 192 41.0256 0.348 46
IV.LAV9.SHZ. 2006-05-16T09:21:44.77 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.ILLI.BHZ. 2006-05-16T09:21:44.54 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.HAVL.BHE. 2006-05-16T09:21:44.56 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 189 77.0673 -0.212 88
IV.MMME.BHZ. 2006-05-16T09:21:42.34 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 0 32.0457 0.459 46
IV.SSY.BHE. 2006-05-16T09:21:41.58 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 196 56.3991 -0.018 96
IV.ESLN.BHZ. 2006-05-16T09:21:39.88 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 282 24.9528 0.42 46
IV.AGST.SHN. 2006-05-16T09:21:39.25 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 183 43.3233 -0.115 96
I1.HAGA.BHE. 2006-05-16T09:21:38.62 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 192 41.0256 -0.285 93
IV.MMME.BHZ. 2006-05-16T09:21:37.12 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 0 32.0457 -0.011 100
IV.ESLN.BHZ. 2006-05-16T09:21:35.35 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 282 24.9528 -0.382 94
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