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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 13-01-2022 and time 10:00:29 (Italy) in region 1 km N Forza d'Agrò (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.6 earthquake occured in region: 1 km N Forza d'Agrò (ME), on

  • 13-01-2022 09:00:29 (UTC)
  • 13-01-2022 10:00:29 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9200, 15.3360 at 9 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.

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Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Forza d'Agrò ME 1 911 911
Sant'Alessio Siculo ME 1 1554 2465
Savoca ME 4 1732 4197
Santa Teresa di Riva ME 4 9377 13574
Gallodoro ME 4 367 13941
Casalvecchio Siculo ME 5 842 14783
Letojanni ME 5 2861 17644
Mongiuffi Melia ME 6 600 18244
Limina ME 6 836 19080
Roccafiorita ME 6 197 19277
Furci Siculo ME 6 3382 22659
Pagliara ME 8 1170 23829
Roccalumera ME 8 4141 27970
Castelmola ME 9 1088 29058
Taormina ME 9 10960 40018
Mandanici ME 9 601 40619
Nizza di Sicilia ME 10 3667 44286
Graniti ME 10 1492 45778
Antillo ME 10 919 46697
Giardini-Naxos ME 10 9415 56112
Gaggi ME 12 3184 59296
Alì Terme ME 12 2539 61835
Fiumedinisi ME 13 1409 63244
Alì ME 14 768 64012
Calatabiano CT 14 5308 69320
Motta Camastra ME 15 845 70165
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 16 1019 71184
Itala ME 17 1640 72824
Scaletta Zanclea ME 18 2140 74964
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 18 3945 78909
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 18 9623 88532
Piedimonte Etneo CT 19 3963 92495
Linguaglossa CT 19 5403 97898
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 19 3215 101113

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
34 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
36 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
37 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
51 Km NE of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
96 Km N of Siracusa (122291 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 		ML 1.6 2022-01-13
09:00:29		 37.9203 15.3365 9 2022-07-08
12:33:23		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 99775731
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.6 2022-01-13
09:00:29		 37.9187 15.3372 10 2022-01-13
09:06:28		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 99732711
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-01-13 09:00:29 ± 0.14
Latitude 37.9203 ± 0.0072
Longitude 15.3365 ± 0.0114
Depth (km) 9 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 99775731

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1096
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 447
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 305
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1100.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 135
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 24
Number of defining phases 18
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.35
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.38401
Number of stations at which the event was observed 18
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 12
Magnitudes information

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 99732711
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-01-13 09:06:28

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 99775731
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-01-14 10:38:06
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.GIZZ.HHZ. 2022-01-13T09:00:52.31 3.0 positive manual P -0.25 0
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2022-01-13T09:00:43.27 0.3 undecidable manual S 289 42.624 50 -0.25 71
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2022-01-13T09:00:42.57 0.3 undecidable manual S 21 40.9257 50 -0.49 67
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2022-01-13T09:00:39.64 3.0 undecidable manual P 0
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2022-01-13T09:00:38.48 0.6 undecidable manual S 3 25.1526 110 -0.05 47
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2022-01-13T09:00:37.33 0.3 undecidable manual P 21 40.9257 50 0.11 69
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2022-01-13T09:00:37.49 0.3 undecidable manual P 289 42.624 50 0 70
IV.EMFO.HHE. 2022-01-13T09:00:36.96 0.3 undecidable manual P 227 29.748 107 1.48 39
IV.ECTS.HHE. 2022-01-13T09:00:36.45 0.3 undecidable manual S 257 19.3695 115 -0.22 70
IV.EPOZ.HHZ. 2022-01-13T09:00:36.76 3.0 undecidable manual P 0
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2022-01-13T09:00:35.69 0.3 undecidable manual P 74 33.0447 50 -0.32 69
IV.EPIT.HHZ. 2022-01-13T09:00:35.26 0.1 undecidable manual P 244 27.3504 109 0.24 93
IV.ECBD.HHE. 2022-01-13T09:00:35.21 0.1 undecidable manual P 235 26.8509 109 0.28 92
1J.FX09.HHE. 2022-01-13T09:00:34.56 0.3 undecidable manual S 209 12.6762 126 -0.11 72
1J.FX11.HHN. 2022-01-13T09:00:34.98 0.3 undecidable manual P 33 24.0537 111 0.58 66
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2022-01-13T09:00:34.58 0.3 undecidable manual P 3 25.1526 110 -0.02 72
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2022-01-13T09:00:34.41 0.6 undecidable manual S 302 10.6782 131 0.29 49
IV.EVRN.HHZ. 2022-01-13T09:00:34.30 3.0 undecidable manual P 0
IV.ECTS.HHE. 2022-01-13T09:00:33.37 0.1 undecidable manual P 257 19.3695 115 -0.16 95
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2022-01-13T09:00:32.20 0.1 positive manual P 302 10.6782 131 0.14 100
IV.EFIU.HHE. 2022-01-13T09:00:32.82 0.3 undecidable manual P 217 18.2706 117 -0.51 66
1J.FX09.HHE. 2022-01-13T09:00:32.22 0.3 undecidable manual P 209 12.6762 126 -0.16 72
IV.EPDN.HHZ. 2022-01-13T09:00:26.16 3.0 undecidable manual P 0
IV.ESAL.HHZ. 2022-01-13T09:00:19.18 3.0 undecidable manual P 0
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.8 0.0007704999999999999 0.18 AML other m 2022-01-13T09:00:34.60
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.8 0.0008973608 0.2176 AML other m 2022-01-13T09:00:34.76
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.5 0.00018828815 0.384 AML other m 2022-01-13T09:00:39.24
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.5 0.00017549999999999998 0.36 AML other m 2022-01-13T09:00:39.78
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00005593580500000001 0.2816 AML other m 2022-01-13T09:00:43.89
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.6 0.0001240557 2.9632 AML other m 2022-01-13T09:00:46.79
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:1.7 0.00017116324999999998 1.4784 AML other m 2022-01-13T09:00:44.69
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00012371775 2.8608 AML other m 2022-01-13T09:00:45.25
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