Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.1 on date 19-04-2022 and time 15:08:05 (UTC) in region 7 km NE Ragalna (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.1 earthquake occured in region: 7 km NE Ragalna (CT), on

  • 19-04-2022 15:08:05 (UTC)
  • 19-04-2022 17:08:05 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6880, 14.9650 at 4 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania).

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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
Ragalna CT 7 3924 3924
Biancavilla CT 10 24007 27931
Nicolosi CT 10 7463 35394
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 10 7641 43035
Belpasso CT 11 28108 71143
Pedara CT 12 14102 85245
Adrano CT 12 36122 121367
Zafferana Etnea CT 12 9517 130884
Trecastagni CT 13 10910 141794
PaternĂ² CT 13 48228 190022
Camporotondo Etneo CT 14 5023 195045
San Pietro Clarenza CT 14 7743 202788
Milo CT 14 1087 203875
Viagrande CT 14 8563 212438
Mascalucia CT 15 31958 244396
Santa Venerina CT 15 8592 252988
Tremestieri Etneo CT 16 20589 273577
Bronte CT 16 19172 292749
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 16 3524 296273
Gravina di Catania CT 17 25838 322111
San Giovanni la Punta CT 17 23060 345171
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 17 17984 363155
Sant'Alfio CT 17 1582 364737
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 18 9479 374216
Maletto CT 18 3920 378136
Aci Catena CT 18 29851 407987
Valverde CT 19 7840 415827
San Gregorio di Catania CT 19 11966 427793
Misterbianco CT 19 49410 477203
Motta Sant'Anastasia CT 19 12116 489319
Acireale CT 20 52622 541941

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
20 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
23 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
76 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
76 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
77 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
82 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
87 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
90 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
94 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
94 Km N of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Reviewed
Rev200
ML 1.1 2022-04-19
15:08:05
37.688 14.965 4 2022-04-19
15:22:32
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 103483171
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-04-19 15:08:05
Latitude 37.6880
Longitude 14.9650
Depth (km) 4 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 200 -> SURVEY-INGV-CT#SeismPicker_SO-OE
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 103483171

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description horizontal uncertainty
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi)
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 600.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 112
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 1
Number of defining phases 1
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.1
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree)
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree)
Number of stations at which the event was observed 0
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 0
Magnitude information

ML:1.1

Field Value
Value 1.1
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 103483171
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-04-19 15:22:32
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