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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 27-01-2022 and time 10:53:58 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 27-01-2022 09:53:58 (UTC)
  • 27-01-2022 10:53:58 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.2440, 15.0200 at 10 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
Patti ME 12 13431 13431
Oliveri ME 14 2181 15612
Gioiosa Marea ME 14 7074 22686
Montagnareale ME 14 1615 24301
Falcone ME 15 2808 27109
Piraino ME 16 3962 31071
Librizzi ME 17 1660 32731
Terme Vigliatore ME 17 7395 40126
Furnari ME 18 3784 43910
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 19 3090 47000
Brolo ME 19 5783 52783
Milazzo ME 20 31646 84429
Rodì Milici ME 20 2056 86485
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 20 1531 88016

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
47 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
57 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
71 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
83 Km N 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 1.5 2022-01-27
09:53:58		 38.2438 15.0202 10 2022-07-08
12:33:28		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 100876161
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.5 2022-01-27
09:53:59		 38.2313 15.0297 5 2022-01-27
10:03:30		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 100226151
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-01-27 09:53:58 ± 0.09
Latitude 38.2438 ± 0.0090
Longitude 15.0202 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 10 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 100876161

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 955
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 502
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 2
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 950.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 99
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 22
Number of defining phases 22
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.28
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.15468
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.39660
Number of stations at which the event was observed 12
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 12
Magnitudes information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 12
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 100876161
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-02-11 13:34:24

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 12
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 100226151
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-01-27 10:03:30
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2022-01-27T09:54:12.72 0.3 undecidable manual S 87 42.624 50 -0.11 72
IV.AIO.HHE. 2022-01-27T09:54:11.01 0.3 undecidable manual S 148 35.5422 50 0.07 73
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2022-01-27T09:54:09.76 0.3 undecidable manual S 110 30.9468 50 0.03 75
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2022-01-27T09:54:08.43 0.6 undecidable manual S 210 25.6521 50 0.11 49
IV.MCPD.HHZ. 2022-01-27T09:54:08.64 0.3 undecidable manual S 241 28.749 50 -0.49 68
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2022-01-27T09:54:07.08 0.3 undecidable manual P 87 42.624 50 0.16 71
IV.AIO.HHE. 2022-01-27T09:54:06.14 0.1 negative manual P 148 35.5422 50 0.31 93
IV.IVLT.HHE. 2022-01-27T09:54:06.09 0.3 undecidable manual S 340 17.9709 120 0.04 76
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2022-01-27T09:54:06.26 0.6 undecidable manual P 238 44.0226 50 -0.89 38
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2022-01-27T09:54:05.70 0.3 undecidable manual S 81 18.6702 119 -0.55 68
IV.IVGP.HHZ. 2022-01-27T09:54:05.59 0.3 undecidable manual S 343 17.7711 120 -0.38 71
IV.IVCR.HHE. 2022-01-27T09:54:05.98 0.6 undecidable manual S 344 19.0698 118 -0.4 47
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2022-01-27T09:54:05.07 0.1 positive manual P 110 30.9468 50 -0.06 99
IV.IVUG.HHZ. 2022-01-27T09:54:05.56 0.3 undecidable manual S 350 17.1717 121 -0.23 73
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2022-01-27T09:54:04.44 0.1 negative manual P 210 25.6521 50 0.12 99
IV.MCPD.HHZ. 2022-01-27T09:54:04.76 0.1 negative manual P 241 28.749 50 -0.02 100
IV.IVCR.HHE. 2022-01-27T09:54:03.28 0.3 undecidable manual P 344 19.0698 118 0.08 75
IV.IVUG.HHZ. 2022-01-27T09:54:03.30 0.1 undecidable manual P 350 17.1717 121 0.44 93
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2022-01-27T09:54:03.07 0.3 undecidable manual P 81 18.6702 119 -0.05 76
IV.IVLT.HHE. 2022-01-27T09:54:03.34 0.1 positive manual P 340 17.9709 120 0.33 96
IV.IVGP.HHZ. 2022-01-27T09:54:03.09 0.3 undecidable manual P 343 17.7711 120 0.13 75
3D.OEM4.HHE. 2022-01-27T09:54:03.75 0.3 undecidable manual P 340 19.5693 118 0.47 69
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.IVUG.HHE. ML:1.7 0.00039952585000000004 0.1024 AML other m 2022-01-27T09:54:05.80
IV.IVUG.HHN. ML:1.8 0.0004695949 0.2048 AML other m 2022-01-27T09:54:07.55
IV.MCPD.HHN. ML:1.2 0.00008674047999999999 0.2624 AML other m 2022-01-27T09:54:08.83
IV.MCPD.HHE. ML:1.4 0.000114238935 0.32 AML other m 2022-01-27T09:54:09.51
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00024249999999999999 0.42 AML other m 2022-01-27T09:54:09.77
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.7 0.0002340306 0.3776 AML other m 2022-01-27T09:54:10.41
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.4 0.000149 0.34 AML other m 2022-01-27T09:54:10.85
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00012936272499999998 0.1792 AML other m 2022-01-27T09:54:11.33
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:0.9 0.000027136055 0.256 AML other m 2022-01-27T09:54:16.19
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:1.2 0.000051818635 1.6384 AML other m 2022-01-27T09:54:05.30
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.7 0.00021522550000000002 0.1984 AML other m 2022-01-27T09:54:11.23
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.5 0.0001367238 0.2432 AML other m 2022-01-27T09:54:11.38
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