Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.9 on date 06-12-2006 and time 16:03:35 (Italy) in region 6 km S Catania (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.9 earthquake occured in region: 6 km S Catania (CT), on

  • 06-12-2006 15:03:35 (UTC)
  • 06-12-2006 16:03:35 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.4520, 15.0840 at 10 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
Catania CT 6 314555 314555
Misterbianco CT 10 49410 363965
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 12 9479 373444
Motta Sant'Anastasia CT 12 12116 385560
Gravina di Catania CT 12 25838 411398
San Gregorio di Catania CT 13 11966 423364
Aci Castello CT 13 18723 442087
Mascalucia CT 14 31958 474045
Tremestieri Etneo CT 14 20589 494634
San Giovanni la Punta CT 14 23060 517694
San Pietro Clarenza CT 15 7743 525437
Camporotondo Etneo CT 15 5023 530460
Valverde CT 15 7840 538300
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 17 3524 541824
Aci Catena CT 18 29851 571675
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 18 17984 589659
Viagrande CT 18 8563 598222
Belpasso CT 18 28108 626330
Trecastagni CT 19 10910 637240
Pedara CT 19 14102 651342
Nicolosi CT 19 7463 658805
Acireale CT 19 52622 711427
Lentini SR 20 24085 735512

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
6 Km S of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
19 Km SW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
47 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
66 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
72 Km NE of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
74 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
85 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
88 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
90 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
93 Km SW of Messina (238439 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 2.1
ML 1.9
2006-12-06
15:03:35
37.452 15.084 10 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 604589
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2006-12-06 15:03:35 ± 0.82
Latitude 37.4520 ± 0.0414
Longitude 15.0840 ± 0.0430
Depth (km) 10 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 604589

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 5285
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1651
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 70
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 5966.6
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 283
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 8
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.62
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.49283
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitudes information

ML:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 604589
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:32:43

Md:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 604589
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:32:43
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.HAVL.BHN. 2006-12-06T15:03:52.85 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 176 54.7008 0.207 47
IV.AGST.SHN. 2006-12-06T15:03:45.33 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 150 25.0527 0.592 33
IV.HAVL.BHN. 2006-12-06T15:03:45.00 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 176 54.7008 -0.349 91
IV.HVZN.BHZ. 2006-12-06T15:03:44.22 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 227 44.4222 0.45 90
I1.HAGA.BHZ. 2006-12-06T15:03:42.95 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 161 19.5693 -0.084 51
IV.SSY.BHN. 2006-12-06T15:03:41.09 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 182 32.6451 -0.858 79
IV.AGST.SHN. 2006-12-06T15:03:40.93 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 150 25.0527 0.147 100
I1.HAGA.BHZ. 2006-12-06T15:03:39.98 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 161 19.5693 0.181 100
IV.PTS.SHZ. 2006-12-06T15:03:26.67 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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