Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.1 on date 06-06-2006 and time 15:57:16 (UTC) in region Costa Ragusana (Ragusa)

A magnitude ML 2.1 earthquake occured in region: Costa Ragusana (Ragusa), on

  • 06-06-2006 15:57:16 (UTC)
  • 06-06-2006 17:57:16 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 36.6070, 14.9280 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
Pozzallo RG 15 19552 19552
Pachino SR 19 22205 41757

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
32 Km SE of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
40 Km SE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
52 Km SE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
60 Km SW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
79 Km SE of Gela (75827 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 2.1
ML 2.1
2006-06-06
15:57:16
36.607 14.928 10 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 571889
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2006-06-06 15:57:16 ± 0.28
Latitude 36.6070 ± 0.0135
Longitude 14.9280 ± 0.0146
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 571889

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1632
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1263
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 30
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1984.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 318
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 5
Number of defining phases 5
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.15
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.37052
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.56298
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:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 571889
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 10:58:27

Md:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 571889
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 10:58:27
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SSY.BHE. 2006-06-06T15:57:35.86 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 12 62.493 0.026 48
IV.HMDC.BHZ. 2006-06-06T15:57:30.09 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 342 41.1255 -0.051 50
IV.SSY.BHE. 2006-06-06T15:57:27.80 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 12 62.493 0.156 93
IV.HAVL.BHZ. 2006-06-06T15:57:24.48 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 24 42.7239 -0.128 97
IV.HMDC.BHZ. 2006-06-06T15:57:24.35 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 342 41.1255 -0.006 100
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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