Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 29-09-2006 and time 14:55:30 (UTC) in region 4 km S Melilli (SR)

A magnitude ML 1.6 earthquake occured in region: 4 km S Melilli (SR), on

  • 29-09-2006 14:55:30 (UTC)
  • 29-09-2006 16:55:30 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.1430, 15.1250 at 8 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
Melilli SR 4 13621 13621
Solarino SR 5 8091 21712
Priolo Gargallo SR 6 12091 33803
Floridia SR 7 22762 56565
Sortino SR 8 8690 65255
Augusta SR 13 36305 101560
Canicattini Bagni SR 13 7109 108669
Cassaro SR 16 821 109490
Ferla SR 16 2523 112013
Siracusa SR 18 122291 234304
Carlentini SR 18 17798 252102
Lentini SR 19 24085 276187

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
18 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
40 Km S of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
42 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
45 Km NE of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
52 Km S of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
56 Km E of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
78 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 1.6
2006-09-29
14:55:30
37.143 15.125 9 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 594449
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2006-09-29 14:55:30 ± 0.34
Latitude 37.1430 ± 0.0090
Longitude 15.1250 ± 0.0214
Depth (km) 9 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 594449

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1906
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1063
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 3
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2147.1
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 145
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 7
Number of defining phases 7
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.26
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.04317
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.18346
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 594449
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:22:01

Md:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 594449
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:22:01
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
I1.HAGA.BHZ. 2006-09-29T14:55:37.26 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 10 15.9729 -0.017 51
IV.AGST.EHZ. 2006-09-29T14:55:36.98 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 36 15.4734 -0.153 49
IV.HAVL.BHE. 2006-09-29T14:55:35.32 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 181 20.3685 -0.094 99
I1.HAGA.BHZ. 2006-09-29T14:55:34.40 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 10 15.9729 -0.225 97
IV.AGST.EHZ. 2006-09-29T14:55:34.83 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 36 15.4734 0.289 96
IV.SSY.BHE. 2006-09-29T14:55:34.30 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 290 4.7952 -0.088 51
IV.SSY.BHE. 2006-09-29T14:55:33.12 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 290 4.7952 0.166 100
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