Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.4 on date 17-03-2022 and time 05:41:03 (Italy) in region 10 km SE San Fratello (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.4 earthquake occured in region: 10 km SE San Fratello (ME), on

  • 17-03-2022 04:41:03 (UTC)
  • 17-03-2022 05:41:03 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9300, 14.6380 at 16 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Sismica INGV-Roma.

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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
San Fratello ME 10 3707 3707
San Teodoro ME 11 1403 5110
Cesarò ME 12 2439 7549
Alcara li Fusi ME 12 1980 9529
Militello Rosmarino ME 14 1324 10853
Acquedolci ME 15 5744 16597
Longi ME 15 1473 18070
Sant'Agata di Militello ME 16 12624 30694
Troina EN 16 9373 40067
Galati Mamertino ME 17 2627 42694
Capizzi ME 17 3176 45870
Maniace CT 17 3765 49635
San Marco d'Alunzio ME 17 1996 51631
Cerami EN 18 2006 53637
Torrenova ME 18 4386 58023
Frazzanò ME 19 711 58734
Tortorici ME 20 6435 65169
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 20 1319 66488

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
58 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
62 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
70 Km NE of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
86 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
90 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.4 2022-03-17
04:41:03		 37.9298 14.6383 16 2022-03-17
04:47:33		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 102056071
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-03-17 04:41:03 ± 0.31
Latitude 37.9298 ± 0.0090
Longitude 14.6383 ± 0.0137
Depth (km) 16 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 102056071

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1154
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 544
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 53
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1150.0
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 17
Number of defining phases 16
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.47
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.60255
Number of stations at which the event was observed 12
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 11
Magnitude information

ML:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 102056071
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-03-17 04:47:33
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MMGO.HHZ. 2022-03-17T04:41:38.79 3.0 undecidable manual S -3.26 0
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2022-03-17T04:41:14.59 0.3 undecidable manual P 69 66.8775 95 -0.18 68
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2022-03-17T04:41:13.93 0.3 undecidable manual P 31 57.7977 96 0.55 62
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2022-03-17T04:41:12.92 0.3 undecidable manual S 121 22.4553 112 1.19 51
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2022-03-17T04:41:12.15 0.3 undecidable manual P 85 52.2033 97 -0.37 67
IV.PLLN.EHE. 2022-03-17T04:41:12.25 0.3 undecidable manual P 279 43.8228 98 1 54
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2022-03-17T04:41:12.40 0.3 undecidable manual S 195 25.1526 109 0.01 74
IV.MCPD.HHZ. 2022-03-17T04:41:11.65 0.3 undecidable manual S 21 22.5552 112 -0.11 75
IV.EPIT.HHZ. 2022-03-17T04:41:11.09 0.3 undecidable manual P 110 38.9277 100 0.6 64
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2022-03-17T04:41:11.99 0.3 undecidable manual S 59 24.1536 110 -0.15 74
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2022-03-17T04:41:09.84 0.3 undecidable manual S 341 12.2766 134 0.42 71
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2022-03-17T04:41:08.04 0.1 positive manual P 59 24.1536 110 -0.24 97
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2022-03-17T04:41:08.08 0.3 undecidable manual P 121 22.4553 112 0.04 76
IV.ESCV.HHE. 2022-03-17T04:41:08.08 0.3 undecidable manual P 143 25.5522 109 -0.41 69
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2022-03-17T04:41:07.71 0.1 undecidable manual P 195 25.1526 109 -0.71 81
IV.MCPD.HHZ. 2022-03-17T04:41:07.60 0.1 undecidable manual P 21 22.5552 112 -0.46 93
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2022-03-17T04:41:06.56 0.1 undecidable manual P 341 12.2766 134 -0.15 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:0.9 0.00006855 1.28 AML other m 2022-03-17T04:41:10.94
IV.MCPD.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00009850000000000001 0.34 AML other m 2022-03-17T04:41:11.99
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00011899999999999999 0.28 AML other m 2022-03-17T04:41:12.25
IV.MCPD.HHN. ML:1.3 0.0001111 0.3 AML other m 2022-03-17T04:41:12.41
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00011764999999999999 0.52 AML other m 2022-03-17T04:41:12.55
IV.EPZF.HHE. ML:1.5 0.000167 0.86 AML other m 2022-03-17T04:41:13.48
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:0.7 0.0000395 0.96 AML other m 2022-03-17T04:41:13.61
IV.GALF.HHE. ML:1.8 0.00033899999999999995 0.46 AML other m 2022-03-17T04:41:14.32
IV.EPZF.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00022250000000000001 0.96 AML other m 2022-03-17T04:41:15.56
IV.GALF.HHN. ML:1.8 0.0003615 0.46 AML other m 2022-03-17T04:41:19.30
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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