Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 15-12-2006 and time 18:03:47 (UTC) in region 6 km E Roccaforte del Greco (RC)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: 6 km E Roccaforte del Greco (RC), on

  • 15-12-2006 18:03:47 (UTC)
  • 15-12-2006 19:03:47 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0690, 15.9680 at 13 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
Roccaforte del Greco RC 6 476 476
Samo RC 8 809 1285
Bova RC 9 448 1733
Staiti RC 10 248 1981
Sant'Agata del Bianco RC 11 592 2573
Caraffa del Bianco RC 11 539 3112
Ferruzzano RC 11 772 3884
Casignana RC 11 759 4643
Bruzzano Zeffirio RC 12 1111 5754
Condofuri RC 12 5113 10867
San Luca RC 12 3881 14748
San Lorenzo RC 13 2640 17388
Bagaladi RC 14 1039 18427
Africo RC 14 3075 21502
Bova Marina RC 16 4235 25737
Bianco RC 16 4273 30010
Brancaleone RC 16 3584 33594
Palizzi RC 17 2480 36074
Cardeto RC 18 1641 37715
Careri RC 18 2360 40075
Platì RC 18 3812 43887
Santo Stefano in Aspromonte RC 19 1263 45150
Delianuova RC 20 3352 48502
Scido RC 20 931 49433

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
29 Km E of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
39 Km E of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
87 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
100 Km NE of Catania (314555 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 1.5
2006-12-15
18:03:47
38.069 15.968 13 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 605729
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2006-12-15 18:03:47 ± 0.27
Latitude 38.0690 ± 0.0099
Longitude 15.9680 ± 0.0160
Depth (km) 13 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 605729

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1469
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1037
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 258
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1780.4
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 194
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) 0.18
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.22123
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitudes information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 605729
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:33:55

Md:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 605729
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:33:55
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MTTG.SHZ. 2006-12-15T18:03:56.57 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 253 24.5532 -0.15 48
IV.CRAC.EHN. 2006-12-15T18:03:56.81 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.MTTG.SHZ. 2006-12-15T18:03:53.03 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 253 24.5532 0.128 96
IV.MPAZ.BHZ. 2006-12-15T18:03:53.85 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 165 13.2756 0.018 50
IV.SOI.EHN. 2006-12-15T18:03:52.75 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 87 7.5813 0.125 49
IV.MPAZ.BHZ. 2006-12-15T18:03:51.22 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 165 13.2756 -0.017 100
IV.SOI.EHN. 2006-12-15T18:03:50.43 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 87 7.5813 -0.109 99
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