Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.3 on date 03-01-2006 and time 17:06:47 (Italy) in region 7 km E Isola delle Femmine (PA)

A magnitude ML 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 7 km E Isola delle Femmine (PA), on

  • 03-01-2006 16:06:47 (UTC)
  • 03-01-2006 17:06:47 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1800, 13.3190 at 10 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
Isola delle Femmine PA 7 7290 7290
Capaci PA 7 11446 18736
Palermo PA 8 674435 693171
Torretta PA 9 4358 697529
Monreale PA 11 39389 736918
Carini PA 13 38455 775373
Altofonte PA 15 10284 785657
Belmonte Mezzagno PA 16 11273 796930
Villabate PA 16 20252 817182
Montelepre PA 16 6280 823462
Ficarazzi PA 16 12933 836395
Giardinello PA 17 2337 838732
Cinisi PA 19 12418 851150
Misilmeri PA 20 29258 880408

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
8 Km NW of Palermo (674435 inhabitants)
20 Km NW of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
73 Km E of Trapani (68759 inhabitants)
87 Km NE of Mazara del Vallo (51718 inhabitants)
88 Km NE of Marsala (83194 inhabitants)
99 Km N of Agrigento (59770 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 2.3
ML 2.3
2006-01-03
16:06:47
38.18 13.319 10 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 547129
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2006-01-03 16:06:47 ± 0.56
Latitude 38.1800 ± 0.0360
Longitude 13.3190 ± 0.0492
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 547129

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 5789
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1000
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 132
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 5872.8
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 236
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) 0.52
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.67449
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:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 547129
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 10:32:52

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 547129
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 10:32:52
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.CSLB.XHZ. 2006-01-03T16:07:09.46 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 112 69.8745 0.182 48
IV.PLLN.SHZ. 2006-01-03T16:07:09.95 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 106 74.8695 -0.656 42
IV.GIB.EHZ. 2006-01-03T16:07:08.78 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 109 65.1903 0.762 31
IV.USI.HHE. 2006-01-03T16:07:06.82 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 348 59.8956 0.235 49
IV.SGO.SHZ. 2006-01-03T16:07:06.39 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.PLLN.SHZ. 2006-01-03T16:07:00.68 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 106 74.8695 -0.329 93
IV.CSLB.XHZ. 2006-01-03T16:07:00.59 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 112 69.8745 0.349 93
IV.GIB.EHZ. 2006-01-03T16:06:59.46 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 109 65.1903 -0.059 100
IV.USI.HHE. 2006-01-03T16:06:58.57 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 348 59.8956 -0.122 100
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