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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.7 on date 05-04-2022 and time 22:00:53 (Italy) in region 1 km N San Giovanni la Punta (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.7 earthquake occured in region: 1 km N San Giovanni la Punta (CT), on

  • 05-04-2022 20:00:53 (UTC)
  • 05-04-2022 22:00:53 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.5890, 15.0910 at 7 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
San Giovanni la Punta CT 1 23060 23060
Tremestieri Etneo CT 2 20589 43649
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 2 3524 47173
Viagrande CT 3 8563 55736
San Gregorio di Catania CT 3 11966 67702
Valverde CT 3 7840 75542
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 3 9479 85021
Trecastagni CT 3 10910 95931
Mascalucia CT 4 31958 127889
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 4 17984 145873
Gravina di Catania CT 4 25838 171711
Pedara CT 4 14102 185813
Aci Catena CT 5 29851 215664
Aci Castello CT 6 18723 234387
San Pietro Clarenza CT 6 7743 242130
Nicolosi CT 6 7463 249593
Acireale CT 7 52622 302215
Camporotondo Etneo CT 8 5023 307238
Catania CT 9 314555 621793
Belpasso CT 10 28108 649901
Misterbianco CT 11 49410 699311
Santa Venerina CT 12 8592 707903
Zafferana Etnea CT 12 9517 717420
Motta Sant'Anastasia CT 14 12116 729536
Ragalna CT 14 3924 733460
Milo CT 15 1087 734547
Paternò CT 17 48228 782775
Giarre CT 18 27659 810434
Sant'Alfio CT 18 1582 812016
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 18 7641 819657
Riposto CT 19 14838 834495

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
7 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
9 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
61 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
76 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
79 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
80 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
86 Km NE of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
86 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
91 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
94 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 1.7 2022-04-05
20:00:53		 37.5887 15.0907 7 2022-07-08
12:33:58		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 104871421
Reviewed
Rev200 		ML 1.2 2022-04-05
20:00:52		 37.649 15.043 13 2022-05-19
14:19:39		 Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 102811751
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-04-05 20:00:53 ± 0.49
Latitude 37.5887 ± 0.0243
Longitude 15.0907 ± 0.0148
Depth (km) 7 ± 5 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 104871421

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2124
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1813
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 163
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2120.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 237
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) 0.45
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.10702
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.22393
Number of stations at which the event was observed 10
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 10
Magnitudes information

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 104871421
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-05-19 14:19:20

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 102811751
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-04-05 20:08:05
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.ESML.HHZ. 2022-04-05T20:00:59.43 0.6 undecidable manual S 280 18.87 109 -0.79 42
IV.ESLN.HHZ. 2022-04-05T20:00:59.83 0.6 undecidable manual S 319 15.4734 113 0.7 43
IV.EMFO.HHZ. 2022-04-05T20:00:58.47 0.6 undecidable manual S 360 16.2726 112 -0.93 39
IV.EMCN.HHN. 2022-04-05T20:00:58.16 0.3 undecidable manual P 347 23.0547 106 0.06 76
IV.EPIT.HHZ. 2022-04-05T20:00:58.66 0.3 undecidable manual P 353 24.8529 105 0.21 74
IV.ESPC.HHZ. 2022-04-05T20:00:58.47 0.6 undecidable manual S 334 12.7761 117 0.19 50
IV.EPOZ.HHZ. 2022-04-05T20:00:58.79 0.6 undecidable manual S 43 12.5763 117 0.56 46
IV.EVRN.HHZ. 2022-04-05T20:00:57.38 0.6 undecidable manual S 20 11.877 119 -0.61 45
IV.EMPL.HHZ. 2022-04-05T20:00:57.35 0.3 undecidable manual P 314 14.5743 114 0.86 61
IV.ESLN.HHZ. 2022-04-05T20:00:57.28 0.3 undecidable manual P 319 15.4734 113 0.62 67
IV.ESPC.HHZ. 2022-04-05T20:00:56.41 0.1 undecidable manual P 334 12.7761 117 0.23 100
IV.ESAL.HHZ. 2022-04-05T20:00:56.84 0.3 undecidable manual P 12 18.87 109 -0.45 71
IV.EPOZ.HHZ. 2022-04-05T20:00:56.42 0.1 undecidable manual P 43 12.5763 117 0.28 99
IV.EMFO.HHZ. 2022-04-05T20:00:56.49 0.1 undecidable manual P 360 16.2726 112 -0.33 97
IV.ESML.HHZ. 2022-04-05T20:00:56.65 0.3 undecidable manual P 280 18.87 109 -0.65 66
IV.EVRN.HHZ. 2022-04-05T20:00:55.77 0.1 positive manual P 20 11.877 119 -0.23 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.EVRN.HNN. ML:2.2 0.0024349999999999997 0.16 AML other m 2022-04-05T20:00:57.59
IV.EVRN.HHN. ML:2.2 0.00225 0.16 AML other m 2022-04-05T20:00:57.59
IV.EVRN.HHE. ML:1.9 0.001168 0.14 AML other m 2022-04-05T20:00:57.59
IV.EVRN.HNE. ML:1.7 0.0007375000000000001 0.44 AML other m 2022-04-05T20:00:58.61
IV.ESML.HHN. ML:1.5 0.000243 1.12 AML other m 2022-04-05T20:00:59.60
IV.ESML.HHE. ML:1.5 0.00026700000000000004 0.5 AML other m 2022-04-05T20:00:59.70
IV.EPOZ.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00033656664999999995 0.1792 AML other m 2022-04-05T20:01:00.12
IV.EPOZ.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00027367595 0.3072 AML other m 2022-04-05T20:01:02.21
IV.RESU.HHE. ML:1.5 0.000037871245 1.8304 AML other m 2022-04-05T20:01:21.97
IV.RESU.HHN. ML:1.6 0.000049579195 0.3616 AML other m 2022-04-05T20:01:31.46
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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