Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.1 on date 01-01-2022 and time 13:44:10 (Italy) in region 5 km W Zafferana Etnea (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.1 earthquake occured in region: 5 km W Zafferana Etnea (CT), on

  • 01-01-2022 12:44:10 (UTC)
  • 01-01-2022 13:44:10 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6830, 15.0490 at 8 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania).

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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
Zafferana Etnea CT 5 9517 9517
Pedara CT 7 14102 23619
Milo CT 8 1087 24706
Trecastagni CT 8 10910 35616
Nicolosi CT 8 7463 43079
Santa Venerina CT 8 8592 51671
Viagrande CT 9 8563 60234
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 11 3524 63758
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 11 17984 81742
Sant'Alfio CT 11 1582 83324
Ragalna CT 11 3924 87248
Belpasso CT 12 28108 115356
Tremestieri Etneo CT 12 20589 135945
Aci Catena CT 12 29851 165796
Mascalucia CT 12 31958 197754
San Giovanni la Punta CT 12 23060 220814
San Pietro Clarenza CT 12 7743 228557
Acireale CT 13 52622 281179
Giarre CT 13 27659 308838
Valverde CT 13 7840 316678
Camporotondo Etneo CT 13 5023 321701
Gravina di Catania CT 14 25838 347539
San Gregorio di Catania CT 14 11966 359505
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 14 9479 368984
Riposto CT 15 14838 383822
Mascali CT 15 14282 398104
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 16 7641 405745
Biancavilla CT 16 24007 429752
Aci Castello CT 16 18723 448475
PaternĂ² CT 17 48228 496703
Piedimonte Etneo CT 18 3963 500666
Misterbianco CT 18 49410 550076
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 19 9623 559699
Adrano CT 19 36122 595821
Linguaglossa CT 20 5403 601224

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
13 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
20 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
71 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
72 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
73 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
89 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
89 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
93 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
95 Km N of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
98 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Reviewed
Rev200
ML 1.1 2022-01-01
12:44:10
37.683 15.049 8 2022-01-01
13:03:58
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 99223801
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-01-01 12:44:10
Latitude 37.6830
Longitude 15.0490
Depth (km) 8 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 200 -> SURVEY-INGV-CT#SeismPicker_SO-OE
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 99223801

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description horizontal uncertainty
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi)
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 400.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 114
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 1
Number of defining phases 1
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.22
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree)
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree)
Number of stations at which the event was observed 0
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 0
Magnitude information

ML:1.1

Field Value
Value 1.1
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 99223801
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-01-01 13:03:58
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