Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.1 on date 23-06-2006 and time 14:58:15 (UTC) in region 3 km SW Priolo Gargallo (SR)

A magnitude ML 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 3 km SW Priolo Gargallo (SR), on

  • 23-06-2006 14:58:15 (UTC)
  • 23-06-2006 16:58:15 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.1370, 15.1740 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
Priolo Gargallo SR 3 12091 12091
Floridia SR 6 22762 34853
Solarino SR 6 8091 42944
Melilli SR 6 13621 56565
Augusta SR 11 36305 92870
Sortino SR 13 8690 101560
Siracusa SR 14 122291 223851
Canicattini Bagni SR 15 7109 230960

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
14 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
42 Km S of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
46 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
48 Km NE of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
53 Km S of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
60 Km E of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
82 Km E of Gela (75827 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 2.1
2006-06-23
14:58:15
37.137 15.174 10 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 575939
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2006-06-23 14:58:15 ± 0.15
Latitude 37.1370 ± 0.0072
Longitude 15.1740 ± 0.0135
Depth (km) 10 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 575939

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1242
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 883
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 151
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1442.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 173
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 8
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.26
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.08184
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.19695
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitudes information

ML:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty 0.5
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 575939
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:02:42

Md:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 575939
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:02:42
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
I1.HAGA.BHN. 2006-06-23T14:58:22.55 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 354 16.4724 0.174 48
IV.AGST.SHZ. 2006-06-23T14:58:21.89 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 20 14.0748 0.211 49
IV.PZI.SHZ. 2006-06-23T14:58:20.59 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 246 21.867 0.126 98
IV.SSY.BHZ. 2006-06-23T14:58:20.65 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 285 9.0798 0.246 49
IV.HAVL.BHN. 2006-06-23T14:58:20.25 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 193 20.1687 0.089 100
I1.HAGA.BHN. 2006-06-23T14:58:19.44 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 354 16.4724 -0.078 100
IV.AGST.SHZ. 2006-06-23T14:58:19.02 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 20 14.0748 -0.098 99
IV.SSY.BHZ. 2006-06-23T14:58:18.06 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 285 9.0798 -0.322 95
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