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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 07-04-2022 and time 14:05:54 (UTC) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 1.6 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 07-04-2022 14:05:54 (UTC)
  • 07-04-2022 16:05:54 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1660, 15.0930 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
Oliveri ME 5 2181 2181
Falcone ME 6 2808 4989
Terme Vigliatore ME 7 7395 12384
Furnari ME 7 3784 16168
Rodì Milici ME 9 2056 18224
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 9 1531 19755
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 11 41583 61338
Patti ME 12 13431 74769
Basicò ME 12 612 75381
Castroreale ME 13 2504 77885
Tripi ME 13 873 78758
Montagnareale ME 13 1615 80373
Merì ME 14 2338 82711
Librizzi ME 14 1660 84371
Milazzo ME 15 31646 116017
San Filippo del Mela ME 16 7115 123132
San Piero Patti ME 17 2915 126047
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 17 4650 130697
Novara di Sicilia ME 17 1337 132034
Montalbano Elicona ME 17 2287 134321
Gioiosa Marea ME 18 7074 141395
Pace del Mela ME 19 6239 147634
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 19 3090 150724
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 20 1807 152531

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
41 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
49 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
62 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
74 Km N of Catania (314555 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
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 1.6 2022-04-07
14:05:54		 38.1662 15.0932 10 2022-07-08
12:33:49		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 103656471
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.7 2022-04-07
14:05:54		 38.1557 15.0978 11 2022-04-07
14:11:44		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 102877631
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-04-07 14:05:54 ± 0.12
Latitude 38.1662 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.0932 ± 0.0069
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 103656471

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 569
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 338
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 230
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 570.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 90
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 25
Number of defining phases 25
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) 0.20505
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.41639
Number of stations at which the event was observed 13
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 13
Magnitudes information

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 102877631
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-04-07 14:11:44

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 103656471
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-04-24 14:40:51
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2022-04-07T14:06:09.56 0.3 undecidable manual S 252 46.2204 50 0.2 71
IV.MSRU.HHE. 2022-04-07T14:06:07.02 0.3 undecidable manual S 73 37.7289 50 -0.09 73
IV.IVCR.HHZ. 2022-04-07T14:06:05.21 0.3 undecidable manual S 337 29.3484 50 0.34 71
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2022-04-07T14:06:05.89 0.3 undecidable manual S 176 31.6461 50 0.42 69
IV.IVGP.HHN. 2022-04-07T14:06:04.50 0.3 undecidable manual S 336 28.0497 50 -0.03 76
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2022-04-07T14:06:04.22 0.3 undecidable manual S 337 25.3524 50 0.43 70
3D.OEM9.HNE. 2022-04-07T14:06:04.08 0.6 undecidable manual S 340 26.1516 50 0.06 50
IV.MCPD.HHE. 2022-04-07T14:06:04.44 0.3 undecidable manual S 261 32.0457 50 -1.14 52
IV.IVUG.HHZ. 2022-04-07T14:06:04.26 0.3 undecidable manual S 340 27.1506 50 -0.02 76
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2022-04-07T14:06:03.40 0.6 undecidable manual S 235 23.5542 113 0.13 50
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2022-04-07T14:06:03.34 0.6 undecidable manual P 252 46.2204 50 0.31 46
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2022-04-07T14:06:03.20 0.6 undecidable manual S 151 24.8529 50 -0.46 46
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2022-04-07T14:06:02.80 0.3 undecidable manual S 95 22.755 114 -0.23 73
3D.OEM7.HHZ. 2022-04-07T14:06:01.11 0.3 undecidable manual P 343 36.6411 50 -0.46 68
IV.MSRU.HHE. 2022-04-07T14:06:01.69 0.3 undecidable manual P 73 37.7289 50 -0.04 74
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2022-04-07T14:06:01.22 0.3 undecidable manual P 176 31.6461 50 0.44 69
IV.MCPD.HHE. 2022-04-07T14:06:00.31 0.6 undecidable manual P 261 32.0457 50 -0.54 45
3D.OEM9.HNE. 2022-04-07T14:06:00.29 0.6 undecidable manual P 340 26.1516 50 0.34 47
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2022-04-07T14:06:00.12 0.6 undecidable manual P 337 25.3524 50 0.31 48
IV.IVUG.HHZ. 2022-04-07T14:06:00.55 0.3 undecidable manual P 340 27.1506 50 0.45 69
IV.IVGP.HHN. 2022-04-07T14:05:59.87 0.3 undecidable manual P 336 28.0497 50 -0.37 70
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2022-04-07T14:05:59.48 0.1 undecidable manual P 95 22.755 114 0.11 100
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2022-04-07T14:05:59.65 0.6 undecidable manual P 235 23.5542 113 0.13 50
IV.IVCR.HHZ. 2022-04-07T14:05:59.85 0.3 undecidable manual P 337 29.3484 50 -0.58 66
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2022-04-07T14:05:59.74 0.3 undecidable manual P 151 24.8529 50 0 76
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.8 0.00040305035 0.3776 AML other m 2022-04-07T14:06:03.40
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.6 0.0002363539 0.2432 AML other m 2022-04-07T14:06:03.47
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.5 0.0001911337 0.1792 AML other m 2022-04-07T14:06:03.61
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.5 0.0002062275 0.1344 AML other m 2022-04-07T14:06:03.94
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.5 0.00021448065 0.1152 AML other m 2022-04-07T14:06:03.94
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00025692 0.2368 AML other m 2022-04-07T14:06:03.36
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:1.7 0.00029315524000000004 0.1792 AML other m 2022-04-07T14:06:05.48
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:1.9 0.00046588245 1.5392 AML other m 2022-04-07T14:06:05.03
IV.IVPL.HNE. ML:1.6 0.00023385885 0.032 AML other m 2022-04-07T14:06:07.25
IV.IVPL.HNN. ML:1.2 0.00009951903499999999 0.032 AML other m 2022-04-07T14:06:04.49
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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