Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.7 on date 08-11-2006 and time 10:58:13 (Italy) in region 2 km S Licodia Eubea (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.7 earthquake occured in region: 2 km S Licodia Eubea (CT), on

  • 08-11-2006 09:58:13 (UTC)
  • 08-11-2006 10:58:13 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.1410, 14.6990 at 14 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
Licodia Eubea CT 2 3081 3081
Vizzini CT 5 6241 9322
Monterosso Almo RG 8 3032 12354
Grammichele CT 10 13418 25772
Chiaramonte Gulfi RG 12 8238 34010
Giarratana RG 13 3048 37058
Buccheri SR 14 1999 39057
Mazzarrone CT 14 4078 43135
Mineo CT 14 5159 48294
Militello in Val di Catania CT 17 7443 55737
Buscemi SR 18 1051 56788
Francofonte SR 19 12800 69588
Caltagirone CT 20 38686 108274

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
24 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
26 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
32 Km N of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
41 Km E of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
53 Km SW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
54 Km W of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
67 Km SW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
69 Km SE of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
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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 1.7
ML 1.7
2006-11-08
09:58:13
37.141 14.699 15 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 600799
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2006-11-08 09:58:13 ± 0.45
Latitude 37.1410 ± 0.0126
Longitude 14.6990 ± 0.0214
Depth (km) 15 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 600799

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1768
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1522
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 73
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2360.1
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 262
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 6
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.31
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.03957
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.38311
Number of stations at which the event was observed 3
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitudes information

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 600799
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:28:43

Md:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 600799
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:28:43
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.HAVL.BHE. 2006-11-08T09:58:28.24 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 118 42.5241 0.156 48
IV.SSY.BHE. 2006-11-08T09:58:25.48 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 87 33.2445 0.122 49
IV.HAVL.BHE. 2006-11-08T09:58:21.49 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 118 42.5241 -0.137 96
IV.SSY.BHE. 2006-11-08T09:58:19.99 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 87 33.2445 -0.107 98
IV.HVZN.BHZ. 2006-11-08T09:58:18.20 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 20 4.3956 -0.267 50
IV.HVZN.BHZ. 2006-11-08T09:58:16.46 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 20 4.3956 0.237 100
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