Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 09-05-2022 and time 17:00:32 (UTC) in region 7 km W Milo (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.3 earthquake occured in region: 7 km W Milo (CT), on

  • 09-05-2022 17:00:32 (UTC)
  • 09-05-2022 19:00:32 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7400, 15.0390 at 6 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
Milo CT 7 1087 1087
Zafferana Etnea CT 8 9517 10604
Sant'Alfio CT 9 1582 12186
Santa Venerina CT 11 8592 20778
Giarre CT 13 27659 48437
Pedara CT 14 14102 62539
Nicolosi CT 14 7463 70002
Trecastagni CT 14 10910 80912
Mascali CT 14 14282 95194
Piedimonte Etneo CT 15 3963 99157
Linguaglossa CT 15 5403 104560
Riposto CT 15 14838 119398
Ragalna CT 15 3924 123322
Viagrande CT 15 8563 131885
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 16 9623 141508
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 17 17984 159492
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 17 3524 163016
Belpasso CT 17 28108 191124
Randazzo CT 18 10900 202024
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 18 3215 205239
Aci Catena CT 18 29851 235090
Moio Alcantara ME 18 717 235807
Acireale CT 18 52622 288429
Maletto CT 18 3920 292349
Tremestieri Etneo CT 18 20589 312938
Biancavilla CT 18 24007 336945
Mascalucia CT 19 31958 368903
San Pietro Clarenza CT 19 7743 376646
San Giovanni la Punta CT 19 23060 399706
Bronte CT 19 19172 418878
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 19 7641 426519
Calatabiano CT 19 5308 431827
Valverde CT 19 7840 439667
Camporotondo Etneo CT 19 5023 444690
Gravina di Catania CT 20 25838 470528
Malvagna ME 20 733 471261
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 20 3945 475206

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
18 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
27 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
67 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
68 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
79 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
90 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
95 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
98 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 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 1.3 2022-05-09
17:00:32
37.74 15.039 6 2022-05-09
17:08:10
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 104409811
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-05-09 17:00:32
Latitude 37.7400
Longitude 15.0390
Depth (km) 6 (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 104409811

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) 800.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 113
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:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 104409811
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-05-09 17:08:10
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