Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 10-10-2006 and time 23:48:55 (Italy) in region Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina), on

  • 10-10-2006 21:48:55 (UTC)
  • 10-10-2006 23:48:55 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9290, 15.6650 at 31 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
Motta San Giovanni RC 9 6208 6208
Roghudi RC 9 1104 7312
Montebello Ionico RC 10 6214 13526
Melito di Porto Salvo RC 11 11355 24881
San Lorenzo RC 18 2640 27521
Bagaladi RC 18 1039 28560
Condofuri RC 19 5113 33673
Cardeto RC 20 1641 35314

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
20 Km S of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
31 Km S of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
56 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
69 Km NE of Catania (314555 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 1.8
ML 1.5
2006-10-10
21:48:55
37.929 15.665 31 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 596459
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2006-10-10 21:48:55 ± 0.37
Latitude 37.9290 ± 0.0171
Longitude 15.6650 ± 0.0137
Depth (km) 31 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 596459

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1766
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 736
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 199
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2247.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 206
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 8
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.39
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.07914
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.35703
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:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 596459
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:24:09

Md:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 596459
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:24:09
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MSRU.BHE. 2006-10-10T21:49:11.74 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 340 39.627 0.3 36
IV.MMME.BHN. 2006-10-10T21:49:10.10 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 271 36.0417 -0.467 35
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2006-10-10T21:49:10.56 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 65 37.629 -0.385 23
IV.MTTG.SHZ. 2006-10-10T21:49:05.78 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 20 8.7801 -0.017 39
IV.MSRU.BHE. 2006-10-10T21:49:04.31 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 340 39.627 -0.185 98
IV.MMME.BHN. 2006-10-10T21:49:04.06 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 271 36.0417 0.056 99
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2006-10-10T21:49:04.18 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 65 37.629 -0.04 100
IV.MTTG.SHZ. 2006-10-10T21:49:01.68 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 20 8.7801 0.353 74
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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