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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 03-05-2022 and time 02:52:20 (UTC) in region 3 km W Montagnareale (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: 3 km W Montagnareale (ME), on

  • 03-05-2022 02:52:20 (UTC)
  • 03-05-2022 04:52:20 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1370, 14.9150 at 16 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
Montagnareale ME 3 1615 1615
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 4 3090 4705
Patti ME 4 13431 18136
Gioiosa Marea ME 4 7074 25210
Piraino ME 5 3962 29172
Librizzi ME 6 1660 30832
Brolo ME 8 5783 36615
Ficarra ME 8 1469 38084
Sinagra ME 8 2705 40789
Raccuja ME 9 1041 41830
San Piero Patti ME 11 2915 44745
Ucria ME 11 1058 45803
Castell'Umberto ME 11 3128 48931
Naso ME 11 3813 52744
Oliveri ME 13 2181 54925
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 14 1319 56244
Tortorici ME 14 6435 62679
Falcone ME 15 2808 65487
Capo d'Orlando ME 15 13254 78741
Mirto ME 15 974 79715
Montalbano Elicona ME 15 2287 82002
Basicò ME 15 612 82614
Frazzanò ME 16 711 83325
Floresta ME 17 485 83810
Galati Mamertino ME 17 2627 86437
Capri Leone ME 18 4515 90952
Longi ME 19 1473 92425
Furnari ME 19 3784 96209
Tripi ME 19 873 97082

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
56 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
62 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
64 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
72 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 1.2 2022-05-03
02:52:20		 38.137 14.9152 16 2023-01-31
19:03:30		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 108138191
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.2 2022-05-03
02:52:20		 38.1372 14.8878 18 2022-05-03
02:59:40		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 104101781
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-05-03 02:52:20 ± 0.14
Latitude 38.1370 ± 0.0063
Longitude 14.9152 ± 0.0069
Depth (km) 16 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 108138191

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 678
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 119
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 330
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 680.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 76
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 23
Number of defining phases 23
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.33
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.09893
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.59085
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:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 108138191
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-08-05 08:10:41

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 104101781
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-05-03 02:59:40
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2022-05-03T02:52:37.02 0.6 undecidable manual S 75 53.6019 97 -0.24 45
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2022-05-03T02:52:32.15 0.6 undecidable manual S 123 33.3444 103 0.23 48
3D.OEM8.HHN. 2022-05-03T02:52:32.99 0.6 undecidable manual S 0 36.8298 101 0.15 48
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2022-05-03T02:52:32.98 0.3 undecidable manual S 88 38.2284 101 -0.22 70
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2022-05-03T02:52:31.41 0.6 undecidable manual S 248 30.4473 105 0.22 48
IV.IACL.HHE. 2022-05-03T02:52:31.74 0.3 undecidable manual P 312 65.5899 95 -0.25 67
3D.OEM9.HNE. 2022-05-03T02:52:30.62 0.6 undecidable manual S 13 28.6491 106 -0.09 49
IV.IFIL.HHZ. 2022-05-03T02:52:30.72 0.3 undecidable manual P 328 55.8996 96 0.23 69
IV.IVUG.HHZ. 2022-05-03T02:52:30.85 0.6 undecidable manual S 12 29.3484 106 -0.06 49
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2022-05-03T02:52:30.61 0.3 undecidable manual S 12 27.1506 108 0.28 72
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2022-05-03T02:52:29.93 0.3 undecidable manual P 75 53.6019 97 -0.22 68
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2022-05-03T02:52:27.62 0.1 undecidable manual P 88 38.2284 101 -0.18 95
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2022-05-03T02:52:27.14 0.3 undecidable manual S 199 10.9779 138 0.49 70
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2022-05-03T02:52:27.10 0.3 undecidable manual P 123 33.3444 103 0.04 75
3D.OEM8.HHN. 2022-05-03T02:52:27.70 0.1 undecidable manual P 0 36.8298 101 0.11 97
IV.IVUG.HHZ. 2022-05-03T02:52:26.49 0.1 undecidable manual P 12 29.3484 106 0.01 100
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2022-05-03T02:52:26.32 0.1 undecidable manual P 12 27.1506 108 0.17 98
IV.IVLT.HHN. 2022-05-03T02:52:26.62 0.1 undecidable manual P 6 28.8489 106 0.22 97
IV.MCPD.HHZ. 2022-05-03T02:52:26.65 0.3 undecidable manual S 263 16.1727 124 -1.04 55
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2022-05-03T02:52:26.92 0.3 undecidable manual P 248 30.4473 105 0.28 71
3D.OEM9.HNE. 2022-05-03T02:52:26.36 0.1 undecidable manual P 13 28.6491 106 0 100
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2022-05-03T02:52:24.44 0.1 positive manual P 199 10.9779 138 0.42 95
IV.MCPD.HHZ. 2022-05-03T02:52:23.60 0.1 undecidable manual P 263 16.1727 124 -1.02 74
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MCPD.HHN. ML:0.9 0.0000588 0.44 AML other m 2022-05-03T02:52:26.95
IV.MCPD.HHE. ML:0.7 0.0000368 1.06 AML other m 2022-05-03T02:52:27.83
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.0 0.00008485 0.32 AML other m 2022-05-03T02:52:27.41
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:0.8 0.00006135 1.06 AML other m 2022-05-03T02:52:32.21
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00008834999999999999 0.54 AML other m 2022-05-03T02:52:34.08
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.3 0.0000686 1.16 AML other m 2022-05-03T02:52:34.32
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00006950000000000001 1.46 AML other m 2022-05-03T02:52:36.07
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.2 0.0000616 0.52 AML other m 2022-05-03T02:52:37.34
IV.IFIL.HHE. ML:2.0 0.00021 1 AML other m 2022-05-03T02:52:40.80
IV.IFIL.HHN. ML:1.6 0.0000854 0.84 AML other m 2022-05-03T02:52:41.42
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