Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.1 on date 11-01-2022 and time 17:59:18 (Italy) in region 7 km SW Moio Alcantara (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.1 earthquake occured in region: 7 km SW Moio Alcantara (ME), on

  • 11-01-2022 16:59:18 (UTC)
  • 11-01-2022 17:59:18 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8450, 15.0240 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
Moio Alcantara ME 7 717 717
Randazzo CT 8 10900 11617
Malvagna ME 9 733 12350
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 10 980 13330
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 10 3215 16545
Roccella Valdemone ME 10 666 17211
Linguaglossa CT 11 5403 22614
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 12 3945 26559
Maletto CT 14 3920 30479
Piedimonte Etneo CT 14 3963 34442
Motta Camastra ME 14 845 35287
Sant'Alfio CT 15 1582 36869
Milo CT 16 1087 37956
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 17 9623 47579
Gaggi ME 17 3184 50763
Mascali CT 18 14282 65045
Bronte CT 18 19172 84217
Zafferana Etnea CT 18 9517 93734
Calatabiano CT 18 5308 99042
Graniti ME 19 1492 100534
Floresta ME 19 485 101019
Giarre CT 19 27659 128678
Maniace CT 19 3765 132443
Montalbano Elicona ME 20 2287 134730

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
29 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
38 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
61 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
62 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
90 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
93 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 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 2022-01-11
16:59:18
37.845 15.024 8 2022-01-11
17:08:32
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 99646331
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-01-11 16:59:18
Latitude 37.8450
Longitude 15.0240
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 99646331

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) 500.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 84
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) 0.17
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 99646331
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-01-11 17:08:32
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