Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 16-08-2006 and time 19:51:45 (Italy) in region Costa Toscana settentrionale (Massa Carrara, Lucca, Pisa)

A magnitude ML 2.0 earthquake occured in region: Costa Toscana settentrionale (Massa Carrara, Lucca, Pisa), on

  • 16-08-2006 17:51:45 (UTC)
  • 16-08-2006 19:51:45 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.7790, 10.2090 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
Viareggio LU 10 62467 62467
Vecchiano PI 14 12189 74656
Massarosa LU 15 22471 97127
Pisa PI 17 89158 186285
San Giuliano Terme PI 19 31399 217684
Camaiore LU 19 32513 250197

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
10 Km SW of Viareggio (62467 inhabitants)
17 Km W of Pisa (89158 inhabitants)
25 Km W of Lucca (89046 inhabitants)
26 Km NW of Livorno (159219 inhabitants)
29 Km S of Massa (69479 inhabitants)
34 Km S of Carrara (63133 inhabitants)
48 Km SE of La Spezia (93959 inhabitants)
59 Km W of Pistoia (90315 inhabitants)
72 Km W of Prato (191150 inhabitants)
78 Km W of Scandicci (50609 inhabitants)
84 Km W of Firenze (382808 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 2.4
ML 2.0
2006-08-16
17:51:45
43.779 10.209 10 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 586729
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2006-08-16 17:51:45 ± 0.32
Latitude 43.7790 ± 0.0171
Longitude 10.2090 ± 0.0311
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 586729

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2526
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1842
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 76
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 3140.1
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 160
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 23
Number of defining phases 12
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.76
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.84087
Number of stations at which the event was observed 16
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 9
Magnitudes information

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 586729
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:13:57

Md:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 586729
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:13:57
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SFI.SHZ. 2006-08-16T17:52:25.67 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
IV.ZCCA.BHN. 2006-08-16T17:52:17.04 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
IV.SEI.SHZ. 2006-08-16T17:52:16.94 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
IV.CRE.SHZ. 2006-08-16T17:52:10.25 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.SFI.SHZ. 2006-08-16T17:52:09.44 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.BOB.HHN. 2006-08-16T17:52:08.83 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.FNVD.HHZ. 2006-08-16T17:52:07.96 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
IV.PZZT.HHN. 2006-08-16T17:52:05.86 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 53 65.0904 -0.037 51
IV.SEI.SHZ. 2006-08-16T17:52:03.96 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.ZCCA.BHN. 2006-08-16T17:52:03.20 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.GRFL.SHZ. 2006-08-16T17:52:03.20 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 138 93.3399 1.434 56
IV.FNVD.HHZ. 2006-08-16T17:52:02.65 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.CSNT.BHZ. 2006-08-16T17:52:02.41 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 111 93.1401 0.674 82
IV.ERBM.EHZ. 2006-08-16T17:51:59.23 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 13 72.8715 0.627 87
IV.BDI.HHZ. 2006-08-16T17:51:59.66 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 44 44.1225 -0.632 45
IV.GSCL.SHZ. 2006-08-16T17:51:58.51 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 25 70.1742 0.317 95
IV.PZZT.HHN. 2006-08-16T17:51:57.64 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 53 65.0904 0.231 98
IV.AGST.EHE. 2006-08-16T17:51:57.93 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.PII.SHZ. 2006-08-16T17:51:54.55 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 104 26.0517 -0.924 42
IV.BDI.HHZ. 2006-08-16T17:51:53.81 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 44 44.1225 -0.366 99
IV.GROG.HHE. 2006-08-16T17:51:53.88 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 213 46.7199 -0.698 88
MN.VLC.HHZ. 2006-08-16T17:51:53.93 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 18 44.4222 -0.297 100
IV.PII.SHZ. 2006-08-16T17:51:50.93 0.1 negative manual Pg 104 26.0517 -0.463 100
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