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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.5 on date 15-01-2022 and time 16:50:08 (Italy) in region 5 km SW Laganadi (RC)

A magnitude ML 0.5 earthquake occured in region: 5 km SW Laganadi (RC), on

  • 15-01-2022 15:50:08 (UTC)
  • 15-01-2022 16:50:08 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1350, 15.7180 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.

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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
Laganadi RC 5 413 413
Calanna RC 5 934 1347
Sant'Alessio in Aspromonte RC 6 343 1690
Cardeto RC 7 1641 3331
Reggio di Calabria RC 7 183035 186366
Santo Stefano in Aspromonte RC 7 1263 187629
San Roberto RC 9 1750 189379
Fiumara RC 9 1018 190397
Campo Calabro RC 10 4536 194933
Villa San Giovanni RC 12 13784 208717
Scilla RC 13 4964 213681
Motta San Giovanni RC 15 6208 219889
Bagaladi RC 15 1039 220928
Messina ME 16 238439 459367
San Lorenzo RC 17 2640 462007
Montebello Ionico RC 17 6214 468221
Bagnara Calabra RC 18 10255 478476
Sant'Eufemia d'Aspromonte RC 19 4120 482596
Roccaforte del Greco RC 19 476 483072
Condofuri RC 19 5113 488185

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
7 Km E of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
16 Km E of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
76 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
89 Km NE of Catania (314555 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 0.5 2022-01-15
15:50:08		 38.1352 15.7177 11 2022-07-08
12:33:24		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 100139141
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 0.4 2022-01-15
15:50:08		 38.1338 15.7352 7 2022-01-15
16:06:36		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 99816621
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-01-15 15:50:08 ± 0.11
Latitude 38.1352 ± 0.0072
Longitude 15.7177 ± 0.0091
Depth (km) 11 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 100139141

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 900
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 660
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 41
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 900.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 122
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 27
Number of defining phases 10
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.27
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.29138
Number of stations at which the event was observed 22
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitudes information

ML:0.5

Field Value
Value 0.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 100139141
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-05-05 13:28:29

ML:0.4

Field Value
Value 0.4
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 99816621
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-01-15 16:06:36
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.FREG.EHZ. 2022-01-15T15:52:07.45 3.0 undecidable manual P -2.89 0
IV.FAGN.HHZ. 2022-01-15T15:52:02.08 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -9.43 0
IV.NARO.HHZ. 2022-01-15T15:51:57.05 3.0 positive manual P 1.85 0
IV.CAFI.HHZ. 2022-01-15T15:51:56.76 3.0 undecidable manual P 1.884 0
IV.ASSB.HHZ. 2022-01-15T15:51:40.34 3.0 undecidable manual P 9.21 0
IV.ARVD.HHZ. 2022-01-15T15:51:36.45 3.0 undecidable manual P 0.77 0
IX.RSF3.HHZ.02 2022-01-15T15:51:32.34 3.0 undecidable manual Sg -0.77 0
IV.SSFR.HHZ. 2022-01-15T15:51:31.94 3.0 undecidable manual P -3.58 0
IV.LEVAN.EHZ. 2022-01-15T15:51:25.68 3.0 undecidable manual Sg -1.22 0
IV.MTGR.HHZ. 2022-01-15T15:51:19.58 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 0.46 0
OT.OT17.EHZ. 2022-01-15T15:51:10.25 3.0 negative manual P 4.96 0
IV.CFMN.HHZ. 2022-01-15T15:51:05.00 3.0 positive manual P 7.74 0
IV.PZUN.HHZ. 2022-01-15T15:50:55.75 3.0 positive manual P 4.98 0
IV.CRJA.HHZ. 2022-01-15T15:50:43.21 3.0 undecidable manual P -2.94 0
IV.RESU.HHZ. 2022-01-15T15:50:36.00 3.0 undecidable manual P 1.11 0
IV.CAR1.HHZ. 2022-01-15T15:50:27.97 3.0 undecidable manual P -2.96 0
IV.MPAZ.HHZ. 2022-01-15T15:50:19.96 0.3 undecidable manual S 129 32.3454 50 0.02 77
IV.ILOS.HHZ. 2022-01-15T15:50:19.91 3.0 positive manual P -2.68 0
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2022-01-15T15:50:18.73 0.6 undecidable manual S 103 30.1476 50 -0.63 44
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2022-01-15T15:50:17.17 0.3 undecidable manual S 308 23.1546 50 -0.32 73
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2022-01-15T15:50:16.71 0.6 undecidable manual S 48 20.7681 50 -0.13 51
IV.MPAZ.HHZ. 2022-01-15T15:50:15.38 0.1 undecidable manual P 129 32.3454 50 0.12 100
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2022-01-15T15:50:14.92 0.3 undecidable manual P 103 30.1476 50 0 77
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2022-01-15T15:50:14.88 0.6 undecidable manual S 186 14.6742 50 -0.36 49
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2022-01-15T15:50:13.99 0.3 undecidable manual P 308 23.1546 50 0.15 76
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2022-01-15T15:50:13.84 0.3 undecidable manual P 48 20.7681 50 0.38 73
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2022-01-15T15:50:12.87 0.3 undecidable manual P 186 14.6742 50 0.33 74
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MTTG.HHN. ML:0.5 0.000028372905 1.808 AML other m 2022-01-15T15:50:14.07
IV.MTTG.HHE. ML:0.3 0.0000204894 0.1664 AML other m 2022-01-15T15:50:15.91
MN.CEL.HHN. ML:0.3 0.0000132209295 0.1024 AML other m 2022-01-15T15:50:17.15
MN.CEL.HHE. ML:0.3 0.000015150364999999999 0.1152 AML other m 2022-01-15T15:50:17.11
IV.SOI.EHE. ML:0.3 0.000010898964 0.2816 AML other m 2022-01-15T15:50:19.37
IV.SOI.EHN. ML:0.3 0.000012112793999999999 0.1408 AML other m 2022-01-15T15:50:19.49
IV.MPAZ.HHE. ML:0.8 0.00002556188 0.256 AML other m 2022-01-15T15:50:20.38
IV.MPAZ.HHN. ML:0.7 0.0000185844685 0.1536 AML other m 2022-01-15T15:50:20.81
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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