Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.2 on date 18-08-2006 and time 22:16:13 (Italy) in region 2 km NW Montagnareale (ME)

A magnitude ML 2.2 earthquake occured in region: 2 km NW Montagnareale (ME), on

  • 18-08-2006 20:16:13 (UTC)
  • 18-08-2006 22:16:13 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1510, 14.9340 at 11 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
Montagnareale ME 2 1615 1615
Patti ME 3 13431 15046
Gioiosa Marea ME 4 7074 22120
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 6 3090 25210
Librizzi ME 6 1660 26870
Piraino ME 6 3962 30832
Brolo ME 9 5783 36615
Ficarra ME 10 1469 38084
Sinagra ME 10 2705 40789
Raccuja ME 11 1041 41830
Oliveri ME 11 2181 44011
San Piero Patti ME 11 2915 46926
Ucria ME 13 1058 47984
Naso ME 13 3813 51797
Castell'Umberto ME 13 3128 54925
Falcone ME 14 2808 57733
Basicò ME 15 612 58345
Montalbano Elicona ME 16 2287 60632
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 16 1319 61951
Tortorici ME 16 6435 68386
Capo d'Orlando ME 17 13254 81640
Mirto ME 17 974 82614
Furnari ME 18 3784 86398
Floresta ME 18 485 86883
Tripi ME 18 873 87756
Frazzanò ME 19 711 88467
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 19 1531 89998
Galati Mamertino ME 19 2627 92625

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
55 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
62 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
63 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
73 Km N of Catania (314555 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 2.0
ML 2.2
2006-08-18
20:16:13
38.151 14.934 11 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 587099
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2006-08-18 20:16:13 ± 0.11
Latitude 38.1510 ± 0.0072
Longitude 14.9340 ± 0.0126
Depth (km) 11 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 587099

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1105
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 789
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 80
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1360.1
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 104
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 9
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.36
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.50362
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitudes information

ML:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty 0.6
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 587099
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:14:21

Md:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 587099
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:14:21
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2006-08-18T20:16:24.54 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 221 32.1456 0.383 34
IV.IFIL.BHZ. 2006-08-18T20:16:22.65 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 325 55.8996 -0.507 85
IV.MSRU.BHN. 2006-08-18T20:16:22.30 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 76 51.6039 -0.188 92
IV.IVPL.BHZ. 2006-08-18T20:16:22.88 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 9 25.3524 0.549 44
IV.SLNA.SHZ. 2006-08-18T20:16:21.86 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 349 46.62 0.138 94
IV.MMME.BHZ. 2006-08-18T20:16:20.25 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 131 36.741 0.047 97
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2006-08-18T20:16:19.50 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 221 32.1456 0.009 99
IV.ILLI.BHZ. 2006-08-18T20:16:19.67 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 2 32.745 0.092 97
IV.IVPL.BHZ. 2006-08-18T20:16:18.42 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 9 25.3524 -0.017 100
IV.MTCE.BHE. 2006-08-18T20:16:10.80 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
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