Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.4 on date 29-03-2022 and time 01:30:48 (Italy) in region 3 km E Montalbano Elicona (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.4 earthquake occured in region: 3 km E Montalbano Elicona (ME), on

  • 28-03-2022 23:30:48 (UTC)
  • 29-03-2022 01:30:48 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0250, 15.0480 at 10 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.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Montalbano Elicona ME 3 2287 2287
Basicò ME 4 612 2899
Tripi ME 5 873 3772
Novara di Sicilia ME 8 1337 5109
San Piero Patti ME 8 2915 8024
Roccella Valdemone ME 11 666 8690
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 11 1531 10221
Falcone ME 11 2808 13029
Librizzi ME 11 1660 14689
Furnari ME 11 3784 18473
Oliveri ME 11 2181 20654
Malvagna ME 12 733 21387
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 12 1019 22406
Raccuja ME 13 1041 23447
Floresta ME 13 485 23932
Moio Alcantara ME 14 717 24649
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 14 980 25629
Rodì Milici ME 14 2056 27685
Ucria ME 15 1058 28743
Patti ME 15 13431 42174
Montagnareale ME 15 1615 43789
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 16 3945 47734
Terme Vigliatore ME 16 7395 55129
Castroreale ME 17 2504 57633
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 17 3215 60848
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 18 3090 63938
Motta Camastra ME 18 845 64783
Antillo ME 18 919 65702
Sinagra ME 19 2705 68407
Randazzo CT 19 10900 79307
Tortorici ME 20 6435 85742

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
47 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
48 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
53 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
58 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.4 2022-03-28
23:30:48
38.0247 15.0478 10 2022-03-28
23:36:43
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 102510911
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-03-28 23:30:48 ± 0.1
Latitude 38.0247 ± 0.0063
Longitude 15.0478 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 10 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 102510911

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 663
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 486
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 183
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 660.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 65
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 16
Number of defining phases 16
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.31
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.13850
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.43347
Number of stations at which the event was observed 9
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 9
Magnitude information

ML:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 102510911
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-03-28 23:36:43
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2022-03-28T23:30:58.96 0.6 undecidable manual S 63 29.8479 50 0.18 48
IV.MCPD.HHZ. 2022-03-28T23:30:58.57 0.3 undecidable manual S 291 29.6481 50 -0.15 72
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2022-03-28T23:30:58.22 0.3 undecidable manual S 217 27.8499 50 -0.02 74
IV.EPIT.HHZ. 2022-03-28T23:30:57.73 0.6 undecidable manual S 178 23.6541 113 0.64 43
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2022-03-28T23:30:57.43 0.3 undecidable manual P 56 48.1185 50 0.32 67
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2022-03-28T23:30:56.24 0.3 undecidable manual P 351 39.4272 50 0.48 66
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2022-03-28T23:30:54.89 0.1 undecidable manual S 110 17.2716 121 -0.2 97
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2022-03-28T23:30:54.00 0.1 undecidable manual P 217 27.8499 50 0.03 99
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2022-03-28T23:30:54.80 0.1 undecidable manual S 158 17.0718 121 -0.24 97
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2022-03-28T23:30:54.31 0.1 undecidable manual P 63 29.8479 50 0.03 99
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2022-03-28T23:30:54.63 0.1 undecidable manual S 278 15.3735 124 0.1 100
IV.EPIT.HHZ. 2022-03-28T23:30:53.74 0.1 undecidable manual P 178 23.6541 113 0.43 92
IV.MCPD.HHZ. 2022-03-28T23:30:53.49 0.1 undecidable manual P 291 29.6481 50 -0.76 81
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2022-03-28T23:30:52.00 0.1 undecidable manual P 158 17.0718 121 -0.13 99
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2022-03-28T23:30:51.92 0.1 undecidable manual P 278 15.3735 124 0.09 100
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2022-03-28T23:30:51.95 0.1 undecidable manual P 110 17.2716 121 -0.2 97
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00021200000000000003 0.18 AML other m 2022-03-28T23:30:54.78
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.3 0.0002055 0.16 AML other m 2022-03-28T23:30:54.94
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00021600000000000002 1.18 AML other m 2022-03-28T23:30:55.80
IV.ECTS.HHN. ML:1.6 0.000308 0.28 AML other m 2022-03-28T23:30:55.35
IV.ECTS.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00019 0.96 AML other m 2022-03-28T23:30:55.03
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00022 0.24 AML other m 2022-03-28T23:30:55.56
IV.EPIT.HHE. ML:1.8 0.000397 0.74 AML other m 2022-03-28T23:30:58.03
IV.MCPD.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00007300000000000001 0.46 AML other m 2022-03-28T23:30:59.30
IV.MCPD.HHN. ML:1.0 0.0000536 0.42 AML other m 2022-03-28T23:30:59.55
IV.EPIT.HHN. ML:2.0 0.0006045 1.52 AML other m 2022-03-28T23:31:04.13
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