Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 10-08-2006 and time 16:40:25 (Italy) in region 10 km S Motta Sant'Anastasia (CT)

A magnitude ML 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 10 km S Motta Sant'Anastasia (CT), on

  • 10-08-2006 14:40:25 (UTC)
  • 10-08-2006 16:40:25 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.4190, 14.9630 at 2 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
Motta Sant'Anastasia CT 11 12116 12116
Misterbianco CT 12 49410 61526
Catania CT 15 314555 376081
Lentini SR 15 24085 400166
Carlentini SR 16 17798 417964
Scordia CT 17 17095 435059
Camporotondo Etneo CT 17 5023 440082
San Pietro Clarenza CT 18 7743 447825
Gravina di Catania CT 18 25838 473663
PaternĂ² CT 19 48228 521891
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 19 9479 531370
Mascalucia CT 19 31958 563328
Belpasso CT 19 28108 591436

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
15 Km SW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
28 Km SW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
49 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
59 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
64 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
65 Km N of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
74 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
80 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
97 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 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 2.0
2006-08-10
14:40:25
37.419 14.963 2 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 585749
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2006-08-10 14:40:25 ± 0.77
Latitude 37.4190 ± 0.0369
Longitude 14.9630 ± 0.0215
Depth (km) 2 ± 0 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 585749

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 4576
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 244
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 272
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 4518.8
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 269
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 7
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.65
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.31117
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:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 585749
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:12:56

Md:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 585749
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:12:56
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SSY.BHZ. 2006-08-10T14:40:36.54 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 161 30.6471 0.556 44
IV.AGST.SHN. 2006-08-10T14:40:35.43 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 128 29.4483 -0.151 37
IV.HVZN.BHZ. 2006-08-10T14:40:32.33 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 219 34.5432 0.058 98
I1.HAGA.BHZ. 2006-08-10T14:40:32.92 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 131 22.5552 -0.266 48
IV.AGST.SHN. 2006-08-10T14:40:31.99 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 128 29.4483 0.737 62
IV.SSY.BHZ. 2006-08-10T14:40:30.93 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 161 30.6471 -0.554 88
IV.CIGN.BHZ. 2006-08-10T14:40:30.37 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
I1.HAGA.BHZ. 2006-08-10T14:40:29.79 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 131 22.5552 -0.08 100
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