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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 19-05-2022 and time 00:12:54 (Italy) in region 2 km SW Militello Rosmarino (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: 2 km SW Militello Rosmarino (ME), on

  • 18-05-2022 22:12:54 (UTC)
  • 19-05-2022 00:12:54 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0370, 14.6570 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
Militello Rosmarino ME 2 1324 1324
Sant'Agata di Militello ME 4 12624 13948
Alcara li Fusi ME 4 1980 15928
San Marco d'Alunzio ME 6 1996 17924
San Fratello ME 6 3707 21631
Torrenova ME 6 4386 26017
Acquedolci ME 6 5744 31761
Longi ME 9 1473 33234
Frazzanò ME 9 711 33945
Capri Leone ME 9 4515 38460
Galati Mamertino ME 10 2627 41087
Mirto ME 10 974 42061
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 11 1319 43380
Castell'Umberto ME 14 3128 46508
Tortorici ME 15 6435 52943
Naso ME 15 3813 56756
Capo d'Orlando ME 16 13254 70010
Ficarra ME 17 1469 71479
Sinagra ME 18 2705 74184
Caronia ME 19 3364 77548
Ucria ME 20 1058 78606

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
65 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
70 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
80 Km NE of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
81 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
87 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 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 1.5 2022-05-18
22:12:54		 38.0373 14.6568 7 2023-01-31
19:03:37		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 109352511
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.5 2022-05-18
22:12:54		 38.0352 14.6622 6 2022-05-18
22:22:08		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 104836971
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-05-18 22:12:54 ± 0.15
Latitude 38.0373 ± 0.0126
Longitude 14.6568 ± 0.0091
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 109352511

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1438
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 311
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 167
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1440.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 115
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 21
Number of defining phases 21
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.45
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.05126
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.70687
Number of stations at which the event was observed 15
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 15
Magnitudes information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 12
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 109352511
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-09-05 04:34:25

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 12
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 104836971
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-05-18 22:22:08
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
3D.OEM8.HHE. 2022-05-18T22:13:12.57 0.3 undecidable manual S 25 53.0025 50 0.62 63
IV.PLLN.EHZ. 2022-05-18T22:13:10.79 0.6 undecidable manual S 264 45.1215 50 0.92 38
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2022-05-18T22:13:08.43 0.6 undecidable manual P 71 78.4659 50 -0.01 47
IV.IFIL.HHZ. 2022-05-18T22:13:05.92 0.6 undecidable manual P 353 58.8966 50 0.49 44
IV.IACL.HHE. 2022-05-18T22:13:05.95 0.6 undecidable manual P 335 60.8946 50 0.2 46
3D.OEM4.HHE. 2022-05-18T22:13:05.00 0.6 undecidable manual P 31 48.2184 50 1.21 33
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2022-05-18T22:13:05.65 0.3 undecidable manual P 79 61.9935 50 -0.26 69
3D.OEM8.HHE. 2022-05-18T22:13:04.55 0.1 undecidable manual P 25 53.0025 50 0.03 98
IV.GIB.HHZ. 2022-05-18T22:13:04.38 0.3 undecidable manual P 265 55.4001 50 -0.51 66
IV.LIBRI.HHE. 2022-05-18T22:13:03.20 0.3 undecidable manual S 78 24.2535 105 0.08 76
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2022-05-18T22:13:03.52 0.3 undecidable manual P 258 53.502 50 -1.09 52
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2022-05-18T22:13:03.55 0.6 undecidable manual P 98 50.9157 50 -0.66 42
IV.PLLN.EHZ. 2022-05-18T22:13:02.61 0.6 undecidable manual P 264 45.1215 50 -0.71 41
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2022-05-18T22:13:01.70 0.3 undecidable manual S 88 18.9699 109 0.35 73
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2022-05-18T22:13:00.72 0.6 undecidable manual P 143 29.4483 103 0.29 48
IV.LIBRI.HHE. 2022-05-18T22:12:59.43 0.3 undecidable manual P 78 24.2535 105 0.01 78
IV.MCPD.HHZ. 2022-05-18T22:12:58.40 0.3 undecidable manual S 35 11.1777 121 -0.5 71
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2022-05-18T22:12:58.62 0.1 undecidable manual P 88 18.9699 109 0.21 100
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2022-05-18T22:12:57.80 0.3 undecidable manual S 266 5.6943 139 0.38 74
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2022-05-18T22:12:56.50 0.1 positive manual P 266 5.6943 139 0.37 99
IV.MCPD.HHZ. 2022-05-18T22:12:56.08 0.1 undecidable manual P 35 11.1777 121 -0.91 80
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MCPD.HHE. ML:0.0 0.00017299999999999998 0.46 AML other m 2022-05-18T22:12:58.83
IV.MCPD.HHN. ML:0.0 0.00021349999999999999 0.92 AML other m 2022-05-18T22:12:59.56
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:0.0 0.000336 1.76 AML other m 2022-05-18T22:13:01.11
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:0.0 0.000337 0.14 AML other m 2022-05-18T22:13:02.14
IV.PLLN.EHN. ML:1.9 0.000219 1.66 AML other m 2022-05-18T22:13:12.85
IV.PLLN.EHE. ML:1.7 0.00014500000000000003 0.42 AML other m 2022-05-18T22:13:12.84
IV.CSLB.HHN. ML:1.1 0.00003095 1.62 AML other m 2022-05-18T22:13:14.18
IV.CSLB.HHE. ML:1.1 0.00002785 0.42 AML other m 2022-05-18T22:13:14.12
IV.GIB.HHN. ML:1.6 0.0000882 0.56 AML other m 2022-05-18T22:13:17.14
IV.IFIL.HHE. ML:2.2 0.00034199999999999996 0.76 AML other m 2022-05-18T22:13:17.45
IV.GIB.HHE. ML:1.5 0.00007769999999999999 0.46 AML other m 2022-05-18T22:13:19.09
IV.IFIL.HHN. ML:1.9 0.00017449999999999999 1.4 AML other m 2022-05-18T22:13:20.10
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:0.0 0.00357072 0.1536 AML other m 2022-05-18T22:12:58.18
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:0.0 0.0009298996000000001 0.1152 AML other m 2022-05-18T22:12:58.25
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