Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.4 on date 26-04-2022 and time 18:19:51 (UTC) in region 5 km SW Castroreale (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.4 earthquake occured in region: 5 km SW Castroreale (ME), on

  • 26-04-2022 18:19:51 (UTC)
  • 26-04-2022 20:19:51 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0590, 15.1840 at 13 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
Castroreale ME 5 2504 2504
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 5 1531 4035
Rodì Milici ME 6 2056 6091
Novara di Sicilia ME 7 1337 7428
Furnari ME 7 3784 11212
Tripi ME 7 873 12085
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 8 1019 13104
Terme Vigliatore ME 9 7395 20499
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 10 41583 62082
Basicò ME 11 612 62694
Antillo ME 11 919 63613
Falcone ME 11 2808 66421
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 13 4650 71071
Oliveri ME 13 2181 73252
Mandanici ME 13 601 73853
Merì ME 13 2338 76191
San Filippo del Mela ME 15 7115 83306
Limina ME 15 836 84142
Montalbano Elicona ME 15 2287 86429
Roccafiorita ME 16 197 86626
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 17 1807 88433
Casalvecchio Siculo ME 17 842 89275
Pace del Mela ME 17 6239 95514
Pagliara ME 17 1170 96684
Savoca ME 18 1732 98416
Fiumedinisi ME 18 1409 99825
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 18 3945 103770
Motta Camastra ME 18 845 104615
Condrò ME 18 493 105108
San Pier Niceto ME 19 2837 107945
Milazzo ME 19 31646 139591
Graniti ME 19 1492 141083
Mongiuffi Melia ME 19 600 141683
San Piero Patti ME 19 2915 144598
Malvagna ME 19 733 145331
Gallodoro ME 20 367 145698

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
36 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
41 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
50 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
62 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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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 2022-04-26
18:19:51
38.0592 15.1838 13 2022-04-26
18:25:42
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 103809431
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-04-26 18:19:51 ± 0.17
Latitude 38.0592 ± 0.0090
Longitude 15.1838 ± 0.0080
Depth (km) 13 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 103809431

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1112
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 492
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 147
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1110.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 110
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 14
Number of defining phases 14
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.21
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.09623
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.46675
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 0.1
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 103809431
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-04-26 18:25:42
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2022-04-26T18:20:07.85 0.3 undecidable manual S 267 51.8037 93 -0.42 65
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2022-04-26T18:20:05.35 0.6 undecidable manual S 333 39.4272 94 0.39 44
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2022-04-26T18:20:03.96 0.6 undecidable manual S 51 36.2415 95 -0.17 47
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2022-04-26T18:20:01.67 0.1 undecidable manual P 267 51.8037 93 0.29 89
IV.IVUG.HHE. 2022-04-26T18:19:59.71 0.1 undecidable manual P 335 41.1255 94 -0.03 96
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2022-04-26T18:19:59.47 1.0 negative manual P 51 36.2415 95 0.48 22
IV.IVLT.HHE. 2022-04-26T18:19:59.97 0.1 undecidable manual P 331 42.624 94 0 96
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2022-04-26T18:19:59.50 0.3 undecidable manual P 333 39.4272 94 0.03 72
IV.IVGP.HHE. 2022-04-26T18:19:59.77 0.1 undecidable manual P 333 42.2244 94 -0.12 94
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2022-04-26T18:19:58.96 0.6 undecidable manual S 57 17.6712 108 -0.26 48
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2022-04-26T18:19:57.44 0.6 undecidable manual S 156 10.6782 129 -0.14 49
IV.MUCR.HHE. 2022-04-26T18:19:57.43 0.1 undecidable manual P 266 27.1506 98 -0.16 96
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2022-04-26T18:19:56.19 0.1 positive manual P 57 17.6712 108 0.03 100
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2022-04-26T18:19:55.46 0.1 positive manual P 156 10.6782 129 0.25 97
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.3 0.000214 1.32 AML other m 2022-04-26T18:19:57.13
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.4 0.0002725 0.24 AML other m 2022-04-26T18:19:57.95
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.5 0.000221 0.26 AML other m 2022-04-26T18:19:59.15
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00016900000000000002 0.48 AML other m 2022-04-26T18:19:59.43
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00009525 0.96 AML other m 2022-04-26T18:20:07.34
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:1.5 0.0001115 1.14 AML other m 2022-04-26T18:20:07.77
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