Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 16-08-2006 and time 02:35:14 (Italy) in region Isole Eolie (Messina)

A magnitude ML 2.0 earthquake occured in region: Isole Eolie (Messina), on

  • 16-08-2006 00:35:14 (UTC)
  • 16-08-2006 02:35:14 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.5070, 14.5090 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

No Italian municipalities within 20 km distance.

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
98 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
99 Km NE of Bagheria (55387 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 2.2
ML 2.0
2006-08-16
00:35:14
38.507 14.509 10 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 586519
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2006-08-16 00:35:14 ± 0.25
Latitude 38.5070 ± 0.0180
Longitude 14.5090 ± 0.0241
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 586519

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2579
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1263
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 46
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2900.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 182
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) 0.48
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.81748
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 586519
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:13:44

Md:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 586519
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:13:44
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MA9.SHZ. 2006-08-16T00:35:44.04 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.GIB.EHZ. 2006-08-16T00:35:36.28 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 216 71.0733 0.117 47
IV.MMME.BHE. 2006-08-16T00:35:29.48 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 134 90.7425 -0.562 81
IV.GIB.EHZ. 2006-08-16T00:35:27.13 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 216 71.0733 0.126 94
IV.ILLI.BHZ. 2006-08-16T00:35:22.73 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 100 38.8278 0.702 64
IV.IVPL.BHZ. 2006-08-16T00:35:22.56 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 109 43.4232 -0.188 98
IV.SLNA.SHZ. 2006-08-16T00:35:20.87 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 77 28.8489 0.375 96
IV.IFIL.BHZ. 2006-08-16T00:35:18.98 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 38 8.0808 0.038 53
IV.IFIL.BHZ. 2006-08-16T00:35:16.70 0.1 negative manual Pg 38 8.0808 -0.361 100
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