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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.4 on date 16-08-2006 and time 17:06:20 (Italy) in region 2 km NW Romagnano al Monte (SA)

A magnitude ML 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 2 km NW Romagnano al Monte (SA), on

  • 16-08-2006 15:06:20 (UTC)
  • 16-08-2006 17:06:20 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.6400, 15.4170 at 2 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.

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Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Romagnano al Monte SA 2 368 368
San Gregorio Magno SA 2 4286 4654
Buccino SA 4 5047 9701
Ricigliano SA 7 1144 10845
Salvitelle SA 7 560 11405
Balvano PZ 8 1830 13235
Vietri di Potenza PZ 9 2832 16067
Auletta SA 9 2336 18403
Caggiano SA 11 2765 21168
Palomonte SA 11 3985 25153
Pertosa SA 11 690 25843
Petina SA 13 1159 27002
Sicignano degli Alburni SA 13 3519 30521
Savoia di Lucania PZ 14 1127 31648
Muro Lucano PZ 14 5497 37145
Colliano SA 14 3638 40783
Contursi Terme SA 15 3394 44177
Polla SA 15 5279 49456
Baragiano PZ 16 2671 52127
Sant'Angelo Le Fratte PZ 16 1429 53556
Oliveto Citra SA 16 3802 57358
Castelgrande PZ 16 943 58301
Valva SA 17 1643 59944
Bella PZ 17 5171 65115
Postiglione SA 18 2151 67266
Picerno PZ 19 5985 73251
Laviano SA 19 1438 74689
Sant'Arsenio SA 20 2815 77504

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
33 Km W of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
37 Km E of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
56 Km E of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
60 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
61 Km SE of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
76 Km E of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
76 Km SE of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
79 Km E of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
81 Km SW of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
90 Km E of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
92 Km E of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
92 Km E of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
92 Km S of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
94 Km E of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
98 Km W of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
98 Km E of Afragola (65057 inhabitants)
99 Km SW of Andria (100440 inhabitants)
99 Km E of Casoria (77642 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 2.9
ML 2.4 		2006-08-16
15:06:20		 40.64 15.417 2 2014-10-21
12:27:13		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 586649
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2006-08-16 15:06:20 ± 0.15
Latitude 40.6400 ± 0.0081
Longitude 15.4170 ± 0.0154
Depth (km) 2 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 586649

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1263
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 842
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 86
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1581.1
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 98
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 40
Number of defining phases 23
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.79
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 1.04052
Number of stations at which the event was observed 31
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 17
Magnitudes information

ML:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 586649
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:13:52

Md:2.9

Field Value
Value 2.9
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 586649
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:13:52
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.NOCI.HHE. 2006-08-16T15:07:03.72 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
IV.SERS.HHN. 2006-08-16T15:06:59.70 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.RGNG.SHZ. 2006-08-16T15:06:56.59 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 7 115.4955 1.038 31
IV.SACR.HHE. 2006-08-16T15:06:55.95 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
IV.AMUR.HHZ. 2006-08-16T15:06:53.36 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 73 104.0181 0.878 17
IV.PSB1.HHZ. 2006-08-16T15:06:50.68 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
IV.SACR.HHE. 2006-08-16T15:06:48.52 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.CERA.HHE. 2006-08-16T15:06:48.73 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.RFI.SHZ. 2006-08-16T15:06:48.00 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.NOCI.HHE. 2006-08-16T15:06:47.66 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.VAGA.HHZ. 2006-08-16T15:06:45.99 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.ORI.EHE. 2006-08-16T15:06:44.84 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.BSSO.HHZ. 2006-08-16T15:06:44.12 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.PSB1.HHZ. 2006-08-16T15:06:42.13 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.SGRT.HHE. 2006-08-16T15:06:41.59 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.FG4.SHZ. 2006-08-16T15:06:40.90 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 9 55.2003 1.461 28
IV.RGNG.SHZ. 2006-08-16T15:06:40.65 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 7 115.4955 -0.012 86
IV.APPI.EHE. 2006-08-16T15:06:40.81 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.AMUR.HHZ. 2006-08-16T15:06:38.97 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 73 104.0181 0.082 87
IV.MOCO.HHZ. 2006-08-16T15:06:37.03 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 345 83.7495 1.266 59
IV.MIGL.HHN. 2006-08-16T15:06:36.99 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 92 86.3469 0.83 72
IV.FG5.SHZ. 2006-08-16T15:06:36.29 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
MN.CUC.HHN. 2006-08-16T15:06:35.56 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 155 79.2651 0.488 83
IV.BRMO.BHE. 2006-08-16T15:06:34.81 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.SCHR.EHZ. 2006-08-16T15:06:32.85 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 131 74.1702 -1.426 55
IV.FG4.SHZ. 2006-08-16T15:06:31.38 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 9 55.2003 0.022 96
IV.SGTA.HHZ. 2006-08-16T15:06:30.56 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 355 55.0005 -0.776 78
IV.MCRV.HHZ. 2006-08-16T15:06:30.74 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 307 26.1516 1.305 32
IV.PALZ.HHZ. 2006-08-16T15:06:30.85 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 53 56.6988 -0.744 79
IV.CAFE.HHZ. 2006-08-16T15:06:28.84 0.1 positive manual Pg 341 45.5211 -0.618 85
IV.SLCN.BHZ. 2006-08-16T15:06:27.13 0.1 negative manual Pg 147 33.2445 0.139 98
IV.CMPR.HHZ. 2006-08-16T15:06:27.58 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 195 37.0296 -0.172 96
IV.SNAL.HHZ. 2006-08-16T15:06:27.15 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 331 36.1416 -0.416 92
IV.VULT.HHZ. 2006-08-16T15:06:27.97 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 26 38.7279 -0.114 97
IV.CDRU.HHN. 2006-08-16T15:06:26.81 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 209 19.2696 -0.228 49
IV.MCRV.HHZ. 2006-08-16T15:06:25.23 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 307 26.1516 -0.349 95
IV.MRLC.HHZ. 2006-08-16T15:06:25.44 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 25 14.1747 0.125 51
IV.CDRU.HHN. 2006-08-16T15:06:24.70 0.1 positive manual Pg 209 19.2696 0.503 93
IV.MRLC.HHZ. 2006-08-16T15:06:23.01 0.1 positive manual Pg 25 14.1747 -0.191 100
IV.USI.SHZ. 2006-08-16T15:06:20.86 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
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