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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 15-05-2022 and time 18:58:07 (Italy) in region 1 km W Fontanigorda (GE)

A magnitude ML 1.6 earthquake occured in region: 1 km W Fontanigorda (GE), on

  • 15-05-2022 16:58:07 (UTC)
  • 15-05-2022 18:58:07 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.5460, 9.2900 at 7 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
Fontanigorda GE 1 277 277
Rovegno GE 4 554 831
Montebruno GE 4 240 1071
Fascia GE 5 81 1152
Rondanina GE 6 62 1214
Gorreto GE 7 97 1311
Rezzoaglio GE 8 995 2306
Propata GE 9 142 2448
Ottone PC 9 516 2964
Favale di Malvaro GE 11 466 3430
Torriglia GE 11 2311 5741
Carrega Ligure AL 12 84 5825
Lorsica GE 13 468 6293
Neirone GE 13 916 7209
Santo Stefano d'Aveto GE 13 1126 8335
Zerba PC 13 77 8412
Moconesi GE 15 2614 11026
Orero GE 15 565 11591
Cerignale PC 16 127 11718
Cicagna GE 16 2502 14220
Borzonasca GE 16 2049 16269
Tribogna GE 16 614 16883
Lumarzo GE 17 1535 18418
Coreglia Ligure GE 17 285 18703
Uscio GE 18 2284 20987
Valbrevenna GE 18 798 21785
Davagna GE 18 1884 23669
Mezzanego GE 19 1537 25206
San Colombano Certenoli GE 19 2683 27889
Bargagli GE 20 2708 30597
Montoggio GE 20 2067 32664
Corte Brugnatella PC 20 586 33250
Ferriere PC 20 1294 34544

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
32 Km E of Genova (586655 inhabitants)
65 Km SW of Piacenza (102191 inhabitants)
65 Km NW of La Spezia (93959 inhabitants)
67 Km SE of Alessandria (93943 inhabitants)
69 Km E of Savona (61345 inhabitants)
72 Km S of Pavia (72576 inhabitants)
83 Km NW of Carrara (63133 inhabitants)
87 Km W of Parma (192836 inhabitants)
87 Km SW of Cremona (71901 inhabitants)
88 Km NW of Massa (69479 inhabitants)
92 Km SE of Vigevano (63310 inhabitants)
94 Km E of Asti (76202 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 1.6 2022-05-15
16:58:07		 44.5465 9.2897 7 2023-01-31
19:03:12		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 104897501
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.8 2022-05-15
16:58:07		 44.5473 9.2915 8 2022-05-15
17:13:49		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 104680331
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-05-15 16:58:07 ± 0.11
Latitude 44.5465 ± 0.0063
Longitude 9.2897 ± 0.0076
Depth (km) 7 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 104897501

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 649
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 548
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 329
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 650.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 114
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 14
Number of defining phases 12
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.27
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.63942
Number of stations at which the event was observed 9
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitudes information

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 104897501
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-05-20 07:51:59

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 104680331
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-05-15 17:13:49
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.CSNT.HHZ. 2022-05-15T16:59:04.51 3.0 undecidable manual Sn 0.38 0
GU.RORO.HHZ. 2022-05-15T16:58:40.06 3.0 undecidable manual S -3.28 0
IV.PLMA.HHZ. 2022-05-15T16:58:29.40 0.3 undecidable manual S 141 70.9734 50 -0.46 62
IV.PLMA.HHZ. 2022-05-15T16:58:20.63 0.3 undecidable manual P 141 70.9734 50 0.17 66
IV.MSSA.HHZ. 2022-05-15T16:58:18.80 0.6 undecidable manual S 145 31.2465 103 0.05 48
IV.BOB.HHZ. 2022-05-15T16:58:17.60 0.3 undecidable manual S 27 27.5502 105 0.11 72
GU.RNCA.HHZ. 2022-05-15T16:58:17.50 0.3 undecidable manual S 253 28.0497 105 -0.16 72
IV.MSSA.HHZ. 2022-05-15T16:58:14.13 0.1 undecidable manual P 145 31.2465 103 0.09 96
GU.GENL.EHN. 2022-05-15T16:58:14.16 0.3 undecidable manual P 238 29.748 104 0.42 68
GU.RNCA.HHZ. 2022-05-15T16:58:13.64 0.1 positive manual P 253 28.0497 105 0.23 94
IT.GNV.HGE. 2022-05-15T16:58:13.56 0.3 undecidable manual P 246 31.0467 103 -0.43 67
IV.BOB.HHZ. 2022-05-15T16:58:13.44 0.1 positive manual P 27 27.5502 105 0.13 96
GU.GORR.HHZ. 2022-05-15T16:58:10.70 0.1 undecidable manual S 2 6.6933 137 -0.34 95
GU.GORR.HHZ. 2022-05-15T16:58:09.70 0.1 positive manual P 2 6.6933 137 0.11 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
GU.RNCA.HHE. ML:0.0 0.0002057388 0.32 AML other m 2022-05-15T16:58:17.87
GU.RNCA.HHN. ML:0.0 0.00023330315 0.192 AML other m 2022-05-15T16:58:17.89
IV.MSSA.HHN. ML:0.0 0.00034285785000000003 0.0768 AML other m 2022-05-15T16:58:21.05
IV.MSSA.HHE. ML:0.0 0.00044021184999999994 0.1024 AML other m 2022-05-15T16:58:19.86
GU.GORR.HHN. ML:0.0 0.00189316625 0.1408 AML other m 2022-05-15T16:58:11.05
GU.GORR.HHE. ML:0.0 0.0031092760000000002 0.1664 AML other m 2022-05-15T16:58:10.89
IV.BOB.HNE. ML:1.6 0.00021495225 0.3328 AML other m 2022-05-15T16:58:17.79
IV.BOB.HNN. ML:1.5 0.00019094840000000003 0.4224 AML other m 2022-05-15T16:58:17.12
IV.BOB.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00021857225000000002 0.1408 AML other m 2022-05-15T16:58:17.86
IV.BOB.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00013149125 0.1792 AML other m 2022-05-15T16:58:18.50
IV.PLMA.HHN. ML:1.2 0.00002545494 0.1408 AML other m 2022-05-15T16:58:32.43
IV.PLMA.HHE. ML:1.1 0.00002142655 0.512 AML other m 2022-05-15T16:58:49.98
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