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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 18-04-2022 and time 11:52:39 (Italy) in region 2 km E Terme Vigliatore (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: 2 km E Terme Vigliatore (ME), on

  • 18-04-2022 09:52:39 (UTC)
  • 18-04-2022 11:52:39 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1450, 15.1840 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
Terme Vigliatore ME 2 7395 7395
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 3 41583 48978
Rodì Milici ME 4 2056 51034
Castroreale ME 6 2504 53538
Merì ME 6 2338 55876
Furnari ME 7 3784 59660
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 7 1531 61191
San Filippo del Mela ME 8 7115 68306
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 9 4650 72956
Falcone ME 9 2808 75764
Milazzo ME 10 31646 107410
Oliveri ME 11 2181 109591
Pace del Mela ME 11 6239 115830
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 12 1807 117637
Tripi ME 13 873 118510
Condrò ME 13 493 119003
Basicò ME 14 612 119615
San Pier Niceto ME 15 2837 122452
Novara di Sicilia ME 15 1337 123789
Torregrotta ME 16 7431 131220
Roccavaldina ME 17 1133 132353
Valdina ME 17 1355 133708
Monforte San Giorgio ME 18 2777 136485
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 18 1019 137504
Venetico ME 18 3911 141415
Spadafora ME 19 5021 146436
Patti ME 19 13431 159867
Antillo ME 20 919 160786
Mandanici ME 20 601 161387
Montalbano Elicona ME 20 2287 163674

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
33 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
41 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
59 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
72 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 1.5 2022-04-18
09:52:39		 38.1453 15.1837 10 2022-07-08
12:33:58		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 104855831
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.5 2022-04-18
09:52:39		 38.1437 15.1918 11 2022-04-18
10:03:34		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 103424161
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-04-18 09:52:39 ± 0.06
Latitude 38.1453 ± 0.0027
Longitude 15.1837 ± 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 104855831

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 453
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 329
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 98
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 450.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 78
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 19
Number of defining phases 19
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.18
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.13130
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.47844
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:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 104855831
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-05-19 09:08:37

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 103424161
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-04-18 10:03:34
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2022-04-18T09:52:56.90 0.6 undecidable manual S 257 53.1024 50 0.19 46
IV.IVUG.HHZ. 2022-04-18T09:52:51.35 0.3 undecidable manual S 328 32.6451 50 0.1 72
IV.MSRU.HHE. 2022-04-18T09:52:50.46 0.6 undecidable manual S 65 31.2465 50 -0.39 46
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2022-04-18T09:52:50.88 0.6 undecidable manual S 325 31.1466 50 0.04 49
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2022-04-18T09:52:50.12 0.3 undecidable manual S 247 29.3484 50 -0.23 71
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2022-04-18T09:52:50.86 0.6 undecidable manual S 191 29.748 50 0.4 46
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2022-04-18T09:52:49.68 0.3 undecidable manual P 257 53.1024 50 0.1 70
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2022-04-18T09:52:47.17 0.3 undecidable manual S 167 19.7691 117 -0.36 70
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2022-04-18T09:52:46.17 0.1 undecidable manual P 325 31.1466 50 -0.01 99
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2022-04-18T09:52:46.12 0.6 undecidable manual S 89 14.7741 124 0.1 50
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2022-04-18T09:52:46.26 0.1 undecidable manual P 191 29.748 50 0.3 93
3D.OEM9.HNZ. 2022-04-18T09:52:46.18 0.3 undecidable manual P 328 31.746 50 -0.09 73
IV.IVUG.HHZ. 2022-04-18T09:52:46.35 0.1 undecidable manual P 328 32.6451 50 -0.07 97
IV.MSRU.HHE. 2022-04-18T09:52:46.11 0.3 undecidable manual P 65 31.2465 50 -0.08 73
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2022-04-18T09:52:45.84 0.6 undecidable manual S 17 14.5743 124 -0.12 50
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2022-04-18T09:52:45.69 0.1 undecidable manual P 247 29.3484 50 -0.21 95
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2022-04-18T09:52:44.23 0.1 undecidable manual P 167 19.7691 117 -0.04 100
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2022-04-18T09:52:43.52 0.1 undecidable manual P 17 14.5743 124 0.15 99
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2022-04-18T09:52:43.62 0.1 positive manual P 89 14.7741 124 0.22 97
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:2.0 0.0009855 1.64 AML other m 2022-04-18T09:52:46.17
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:1.8 0.0005655 1.62 AML other m 2022-04-18T09:52:46.18
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.6 0.000357 0.3 AML other m 2022-04-18T09:52:46.39
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.7 0.0005095 0.28 AML other m 2022-04-18T09:52:46.60
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.7 0.000359 0.24 AML other m 2022-04-18T09:52:47.40
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00014380865000000002 0.1792 AML other m 2022-04-18T09:52:47.53
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.2 0.0000844814 0.3776 AML other m 2022-04-18T09:52:50.36
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.0 0.00004272083 0.16 AML other m 2022-04-18T09:52:50.98
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