Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.7 on date 08-07-2006 and time 08:09:09 (UTC) in region 2 km NE Melilli (SR)

A magnitude ML 1.7 earthquake occured in region: 2 km NE Melilli (SR), on

  • 08-07-2006 08:09:09 (UTC)
  • 08-07-2006 10:09:09 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.1940, 15.1450 at 8 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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 2 13621 13621
Priolo Gargallo SR 5 12091 25712
Augusta SR 8 36305 62017
Sortino SR 10 8690 70707
Solarino SR 10 8091 78798
Floridia SR 12 22762 101560
Carlentini SR 15 17798 119358
Lentini SR 16 24085 143443
Canicattini Bagni SR 19 7109 150552
Siracusa SR 20 122291 272843
Ferla SR 20 2523 275366
Cassaro SR 20 821 276187

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
20 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
35 Km S of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
47 Km S of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
47 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
50 Km NE of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
60 Km E of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
81 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 1.7
2006-07-08
08:09:09
37.194 15.145 8 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 578959
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2006-07-08 08:09:09 ± 0.51
Latitude 37.1940 ± 0.0180
Longitude 15.1450 ± 0.0271
Depth (km) 8 ± 4 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 578959

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2322
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2045
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 4
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 3124.1
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 139
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.44
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.23472
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 578959
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:05:51

Md:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 578959
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:05:51
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.NRCA.SHZ. 2006-07-08T08:09:19.45 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.PZI.SHZ. 2006-07-08T08:09:15.15 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.HAVL.BHN. 2006-07-08T08:09:14.63 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 185 26.0517 0.145 96
IV.SSY.BHZ. 2006-07-08T08:09:13.24 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 238 7.4814 0.343 47
IV.AGST.SHZ. 2006-07-08T08:09:13.51 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 46 10.0788 -0.078 50
I1.HAGA.BHZ. 2006-07-08T08:09:11.82 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 5 10.1787 0.207 97
IV.AGST.SHZ. 2006-07-08T08:09:11.54 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 46 10.0788 -0.055 100
IV.SSY.BHZ. 2006-07-08T08:09:10.77 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 238 7.4814 -0.437 93
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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