Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.7 on date 07-11-2006 and time 08:57:43 (Italy) in region 3 km NE Buscemi (SR)

A magnitude ML 1.7 earthquake occured in region: 3 km NE Buscemi (SR), on

  • 07-11-2006 07:57:43 (UTC)
  • 07-11-2006 08:57:43 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.1000, 14.9130 at 5 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.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Buscemi SR 3 1051 1051
Cassaro SR 3 821 1872
Ferla SR 3 2523 4395
Palazzolo Acreide SR 4 8808 13203
Buccheri SR 6 1999 15202
Giarratana RG 12 3048 18250
Sortino SR 13 8690 26940
Monterosso Almo RG 13 3032 29972
Francofonte SR 15 12800 42772
Canicattini Bagni SR 15 7109 49881
Vizzini CT 16 6241 56122
Solarino SR 18 8091 64213
Licodia Eubea CT 20 3081 67294

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
25 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
30 Km NE of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
34 Km W of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
37 Km E of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
48 Km SW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
59 Km E of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
61 Km SW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
87 Km SE of Caltanissetta (63360 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 1.7
2006-11-07
07:57:43
37.1 14.913 5 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 600579
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2006-11-07 07:57:43 ± 0.54
Latitude 37.1000 ± 0.0252
Longitude 14.9130 ± 0.0259
Depth (km) 5 ± 5 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 600579

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2491
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1694
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 27
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 3623.5
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 210
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 7
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.65
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.21854
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 600579
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:28:28

Md:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 600579
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:28:28
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.HAVL.BHN. 2006-11-07T07:57:52.63 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 130 24.2535 0.277 49
IV.HAVL.BHN. 2006-11-07T07:57:48.28 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 130 24.2535 -0.201 99
IV.HMDC.BHE. 2006-11-07T07:57:47.78 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 216 19.4694 0.23 99
IV.SSY.BHZ. 2006-11-07T07:57:47.02 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 66 15.5733 0.207 100
IV.PZI.SHZ. 2006-11-07T07:57:46.74 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 147 5.6943 0.455 48
IV.PZI.SHZ. 2006-11-07T07:57:44.42 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 147 5.6943 -0.651 90
IV.ESLN.BHN. 2006-11-07T07:57:27.71 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
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