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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 16-12-2006 and time 14:15:43 (UTC) in region 3 km SW Frassino (CN)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: 3 km SW Frassino (CN), on

  • 16-12-2006 14:15:43 (UTC)
  • 16-12-2006 15:15:43 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.5430, 7.2630 at 12 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.

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Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Frassino CN 3 265 265
Melle CN 5 292 557
San Damiano Macra CN 6 430 987
Valmala CN 7 52 1039
Sampeyre CN 7 1022 2061
Cartignano CN 8 190 2251
Macra CN 8 59 2310
Brossasco CN 8 1084 3394
Celle di Macra CN 9 100 3494
Roccabruna CN 10 1585 5079
Isasca CN 11 76 5155
Venasca CN 11 1437 6592
Villar San Costanzo CN 12 1547 8139
Stroppo CN 12 103 8242
Dronero CN 12 7035 15277
Gambasca CN 12 371 15648
Sanfront CN 12 2395 18043
Martiniana Po CN 13 734 18777
Brondello CN 13 290 19067
Rossana CN 14 908 19975
Elva CN 14 97 20072
Pradleves CN 14 250 20322
Rifreddo CN 14 1078 21400
Montemale di Cuneo CN 15 241 21641
Castelmagno CN 15 66 21707
Pagno CN 16 585 22292
Monterosso Grana CN 16 505 22797
Piasco CN 16 2774 25571
Paesana CN 16 2784 28355
Oncino CN 16 76 28431
Revello CN 16 4262 32693
Casteldelfino CN 16 157 32850
Marmora CN 16 68 32918
Castellar CN 16 295 33213
Busca CN 17 10181 43394
Canosio CN 17 80 43474
Valgrana CN 18 786 44260
Prazzo CN 18 170 44430
Ostana CN 18 83 44513
Envie CN 18 2074 46587
Costigliole Saluzzo CN 18 3375 49962
Verzuolo CN 19 6459 56421
Caraglio CN 19 6836 63257
Crissolo CN 19 168 63425
Manta CN 20 3787 67212
Bellino CN 20 109 67321

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
28 Km NW of Cuneo (56081 inhabitants)
61 Km SW of Moncalieri (57294 inhabitants)
68 Km SW of Torino (890529 inhabitants)
84 Km W of Asti (76202 inhabitants)
90 Km NW of Sanremo (54807 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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Felt maps
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 		2006-12-16
14:15:43		 44.543 7.263 13 2014-10-21
12:27:13		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 605909
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2006-12-16 14:15:43 ± 0.16
Latitude 44.5430 ± 0.0108
Longitude 7.2630 ± 0.0189
Depth (km) 13 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 605909

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1366
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1163
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 160
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1920.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 116
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 15
Number of defining phases 13
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.61
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.75363
Number of stations at which the event was observed 10
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitudes information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 605909
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:34:06

Md:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 605909
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:34:06
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.CRE.BHZ. 2006-12-16T14:16:15.53 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.CTI.EHN. 2006-12-16T14:15:58.15 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.FIN.SHZ. 2006-12-16T14:15:58.26 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 116 83.6496 0.392 83
GU.ENR.---. 2006-12-16T14:15:54.97 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 160 36.8298 -0.891 20
GU.STV.HHN. 2006-12-16T14:15:54.09 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 171 33.3444 -0.833 41
GU.RRL.---. 2006-12-16T14:15:53.98 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 319 56.0994 0.361 89
GU.BHB.HHN. 2006-12-16T14:15:53.65 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 0 32.4453 -1.04 33
GU.ROB.---. 2006-12-16T14:15:53.81 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 119 56.499 0.13 92
GU.STV.HHN. 2006-12-16T14:15:50.08 0.1 negative manual Pg 171 33.3444 -0.04 99
GU.ENR.---. 2006-12-16T14:15:50.57 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 160 36.8298 -0.089 98
GU.BHB.HHN. 2006-12-16T14:15:49.77 0.1 negative manual Pg 0 32.4453 -0.214 93
IV.DOI.HHZ. 2006-12-16T14:15:48.00 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 197 4.4955 -0.04 51
GU.PZZ.---. 2006-12-16T14:15:48.98 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 251 12.2766 -0.473 23
GU.PZZ.---. 2006-12-16T14:15:47.09 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 251 12.2766 0.13 100
IV.DOI.HHZ. 2006-12-16T14:15:46.53 0.1 negative manual Pg 197 4.4955 0.387 96
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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