Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.9 on date 06-07-2006 and time 10:05:56 (UTC) in region 4 km N Melilli (SR)

A magnitude ML 1.9 earthquake occured in region: 4 km N Melilli (SR), on

  • 06-07-2006 10:05:56 (UTC)
  • 06-07-2006 12:05:56 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.2170, 15.1170 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
Melilli SR 4 13621 13621
Priolo Gargallo SR 9 12091 25712
Augusta SR 9 36305 62017
Sortino SR 10 8690 70707
Carlentini SR 11 17798 88505
Solarino SR 13 8091 96596
Lentini SR 13 24085 120681
Floridia SR 15 22762 143443
Ferla SR 19 2523 145966
Cassaro SR 19 821 146787

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
23 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
32 Km S of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
44 Km S of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
47 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
51 Km NE of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
59 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
79 Km E of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
98 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 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 1.9
2006-07-06
10:05:56
37.217 15.117 10 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 578419
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2006-07-06 10:05:56 ± 0.2
Latitude 37.2170 ± 0.0126
Longitude 15.1170 ± 0.0192
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 578419

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2060
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 723
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 135
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2202.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 174
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 11
Number of defining phases 8
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.34
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.25811
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

ML:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 578419
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:05:18

Md:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 578419
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:05:18
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.CING.HHN. 2006-07-06T10:06:20.48 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.HAVL.BHN. 2006-07-06T10:06:07.18 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 179 28.6491 0.578 32
IV.PZI.SHZ. 2006-07-06T10:06:02.75 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.HAVL.BHN. 2006-07-06T10:06:01.97 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 179 28.6491 -0.279 92
IV.AGST.SHZ. 2006-07-06T10:06:01.47 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 66 10.5783 0.072 50
IV.SSY.BHZ. 2006-07-06T10:06:00.63 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 210 7.6812 -0.081 50
I1.HAGA.BHZ. 2006-07-06T10:06:00.76 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 24 8.1807 -0.064 50
I1.HAGA.BHZ. 2006-07-06T10:05:59.07 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 24 8.1807 0.157 98
IV.AGST.SHZ. 2006-07-06T10:05:59.14 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 66 10.5783 -0.103 99
IV.SSY.BHZ. 2006-07-06T10:05:58.91 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 210 7.6812 0.064 100
IV.NRCA.SHZ. 2006-07-06T10:05:31.39 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
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