Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 14-07-2006 and time 15:12:09 (UTC) in region 6 km N Sortino (SR)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: 6 km N Sortino (SR), on

  • 14-07-2006 15:12:09 (UTC)
  • 14-07-2006 17:12:09 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.2150, 15.0210 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
Sortino SR 6 8690 8690
Carlentini SR 7 17798 26488
Lentini SR 8 24085 50573
Melilli SR 10 13621 64194
Francofonte SR 13 12800 76994
Ferla SR 13 2523 79517
Cassaro SR 14 821 80338
Solarino SR 15 8091 88429
Priolo Gargallo SR 16 12091 100520
Augusta SR 18 36305 136825
Scordia CT 18 17095 153920
Buccheri SR 18 1999 155919
Buscemi SR 19 1051 156970
Floridia SR 19 22762 179732
Palazzolo Acreide SR 20 8808 188540

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
30 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
33 Km S of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
41 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
46 Km NE of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
46 Km S of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
52 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
70 Km E of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
90 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 2.1
ML 1.5
2006-07-14
15:12:09
37.215 15.021 11 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 580149
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2006-07-14 15:12:09 ± 0.18
Latitude 37.2150 ± 0.0144
Longitude 15.0210 ± 0.0136
Depth (km) 11 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 580149

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1717
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 700
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 320
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2000.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 175
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 7
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.32
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.26800
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitudes information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 580149
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:07:04

Md:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 580149
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:07:04
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.AGST.SHN. 2006-07-14T15:12:16.77 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 76 18.7701 -0.311 46
IV.HAVL.BHN. 2006-07-14T15:12:15.69 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 162 29.748 0.004 97
IV.HVZN.BHZ. 2006-07-14T15:12:15.23 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 261 27.2505 -0.082 72
IV.AGST.SHN. 2006-07-14T15:12:14.24 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 76 18.7701 0.314 70
IV.PZI.SHZ. 2006-07-14T15:12:13.93 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 200 18.6702 0.02 99
IV.SSY.BHZ. 2006-07-14T15:12:12.21 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 144 7.881 -0.036 100
I1.HAGA.BHZ. 2006-07-14T15:12:10.65 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
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