Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.7 on date 21-08-2006 and time 02:13:11 (Italy) in region Costa Toscana settentrionale (Massa Carrara, Lucca, Pisa)

A magnitude ML 1.7 earthquake occured in region: Costa Toscana settentrionale (Massa Carrara, Lucca, Pisa), on

  • 21-08-2006 00:13:11 (UTC)
  • 21-08-2006 02:13:11 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.7740, 10.1780 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
Viareggio LU 12 62467 62467
Vecchiano PI 17 12189 74656
Massarosa LU 17 22471 97127
Pisa PI 19 89158 186285

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
12 Km SW of Viareggio (62467 inhabitants)
19 Km W of Pisa (89158 inhabitants)
27 Km NW of Livorno (159219 inhabitants)
27 Km W of Lucca (89046 inhabitants)
30 Km S of Massa (69479 inhabitants)
34 Km S of Carrara (63133 inhabitants)
47 Km SE of La Spezia (93959 inhabitants)
62 Km W of Pistoia (90315 inhabitants)
75 Km W of Prato (191150 inhabitants)
81 Km W of Scandicci (50609 inhabitants)
87 Km W of Firenze (382808 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 2.3
ML 1.7
2006-08-21
00:13:11
43.774 10.178 10 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 587439
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2006-08-21 00:13:11 ± 0.28
Latitude 43.7740 ± 0.0171
Longitude 10.1780 ± 0.0299
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 587439

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2632
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1579
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 60
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 3061.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 164
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 19
Number of defining phases 17
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.9
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 1.21049
Number of stations at which the event was observed 14
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 13
Magnitudes information

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 587439
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:14:42

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 587439
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:14:42
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.BOB.HHE. 2006-08-21T00:13:49.31 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
IV.BOB.HHE. 2006-08-21T00:13:34.90 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.SFI.EHN. 2006-08-21T00:13:34.87 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 83 134.3655 0.73 73
IV.PZZT.HHN. 2006-08-21T00:13:31.91 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 54 67.4769 -0.685 43
IV.SEI.SHZ. 2006-08-21T00:13:29.63 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 71 99.3228 0.882 74
IV.ZCCA.BHN. 2006-08-21T00:13:29.15 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 45 90.243 1.799 45
IV.GRFL.SHZ. 2006-08-21T00:13:28.95 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 137 94.6386 0.93 73
IV.CSNT.SHZ. 2006-08-21T00:13:28.38 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 110 95.3379 0.25 92
IV.FNVD.HHZ. 2006-08-21T00:13:27.22 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 60 87.246 0.345 92
IV.GROG.HHZ. 2006-08-21T00:13:26.09 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 211 44.8218 -0.464 48
IV.ERBM.SHZ. 2006-08-21T00:13:25.26 0.1 positive manual Pg 15 74.0703 0.414 93
IV.BDI.HHZ. 2006-08-21T00:13:25.93 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 46 46.3203 -1.017 39
IV.GSCL.SHZ. 2006-08-21T00:13:24.67 0.1 positive manual Pg 27 71.8725 0.16 98
IV.PZZT.HHN. 2006-08-21T00:13:23.62 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 54 67.4769 -0.219 98
IV.GROG.HHZ. 2006-08-21T00:13:20.04 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 211 44.8218 -0.311 100
IV.PII.SHZ. 2006-08-21T00:13:20.72 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 102 28.4493 -1.44 32
IV.BDI.HHZ. 2006-08-21T00:13:19.79 0.1 positive manual Pg 46 46.3203 -0.788 85
MN.VLC.HHZ. 2006-08-21T00:13:19.97 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 21 45.9207 -0.536 94
IV.PII.SHZ. 2006-08-21T00:13:17.03 0.1 negative manual Pg 102 28.4493 -0.784 88
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