Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 14-08-2006 and time 05:17:06 (Italy) in region Costa Marchigiana Anconetana (Ancona)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: Costa Marchigiana Anconetana (Ancona), on

  • 14-08-2006 03:17:06 (UTC)
  • 14-08-2006 05:17:06 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.7080, 13.4330 at 40 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
Falconara Marittima AN 10 26565 26565
Ancona AN 12 100861 127426
Montemarciano AN 12 9992 137418
Chiaravalle AN 15 14796 152214
Camerata Picena AN 16 2567 154781
Senigallia AN 17 45027 199808
Monte San Vito AN 18 6848 206656
Agugliano AN 19 4865 211521
Offagna AN 20 1935 213456

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
12 Km NW of Ancona (100861 inhabitants)
36 Km E of Fano (60888 inhabitants)
47 Km E of Pesaro (94582 inhabitants)
80 Km E of Rimini (147750 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 2.1
ML 1.5
2006-08-14
03:17:06
43.708 13.433 40 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 586219
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2006-08-14 03:17:06 ± 0.28
Latitude 43.7080 ± 0.0090
Longitude 13.4330 ± 0.0162
Depth (km) 40 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 586219

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1160
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 950
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 107
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1640.1
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 234
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 6
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.19
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.19965
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.57647
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:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 586219
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:13:25

Md:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 586219
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:13:25
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SNTG.SHZ. 2006-08-14T03:17:27.67 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 218 63.9915 -0.115 46
IV.FSSB.SHZ. 2006-08-14T03:17:25.51 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 268 52.6029 0.152 46
IV.AOI.BHE. 2006-08-14T03:17:19.74 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 142 22.1556 -0.072 25
IV.SNTG.SHZ. 2006-08-14T03:17:18.98 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 218 63.9915 0.099 91
IV.FSSB.SHZ. 2006-08-14T03:17:17.35 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 268 52.6029 -0.131 93
IV.AOI.BHE. 2006-08-14T03:17:14.31 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 142 22.1556 0.031 100
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