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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.1 on date 23-07-2022 and time 14:34:17 (Italy) in region 2 km SE Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.1 earthquake occured in region: 2 km SE Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (ME), on

  • 23-07-2022 12:34:17 (UTC)
  • 23-07-2022 14:34:17 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1400, 15.2350 at 10 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.

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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
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 2 41583 41583
Merì ME 3 2338 43921
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 4 4650 48571
San Filippo del Mela ME 5 7115 55686
Castroreale ME 5 2504 58190
Terme Vigliatore ME 6 7395 65585
Rodì Milici ME 7 2056 67641
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 8 1807 69448
Pace del Mela ME 8 6239 75687
Condrò ME 9 493 76180
Milazzo ME 9 31646 107826
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 10 1531 109357
Furnari ME 10 3784 113141
San Pier Niceto ME 11 2837 115978
Torregrotta ME 12 7431 123409
Roccavaldina ME 13 1133 124542
Monforte San Giorgio ME 13 2777 127319
Valdina ME 13 1355 128674
Falcone ME 14 2808 131482
Venetico ME 14 3911 135393
Spadafora ME 15 5021 140414
Oliveri ME 15 2181 142595
Tripi ME 16 873 143468
Rometta ME 16 6650 150118
Novara di Sicilia ME 16 1337 151455
Mandanici ME 17 601 152056
Basicò ME 17 612 152668
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 18 1019 153687
Fiumedinisi ME 18 1409 155096
Antillo ME 18 919 156015
Saponara ME 19 3988 160003

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
29 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
36 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
59 Km N of Acireale (52622 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
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.1 2022-07-23
12:34:17		 38.1403 15.2352 10 2022-07-23
12:41:15		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 107601531
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-07-23 12:34:17 ± 0.08
Latitude 38.1403 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.2352 ± 0.0069
Depth (km) 10 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 107601531

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 612
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 326
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 120
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 610.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 121
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) 0.25
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.13040
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.30937
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitude information

ML:1.1

Field Value
Value 1.1
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 107601531
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-07-23 12:41:15
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.IVPL.HHE. 2022-07-23T12:34:29.33 0.3 undecidable manual S 320 34.3434 50 0.1 73
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2022-07-23T12:34:28.91 0.3 undecidable manual S 251 33.3444 50 -0.05 74
IV.MSRU.HHE. 2022-07-23T12:34:27.17 0.1 undecidable manual S 60 27.4503 50 -0.23 96
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2022-07-23T12:34:26.84 0.3 undecidable manual S 257 27.4503 50 -0.56 66
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2022-07-23T12:34:24.61 0.3 undecidable manual P 251 33.3444 50 0.53 66
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2022-07-23T12:34:24.69 0.1 undecidable manual S 181 18.7701 119 -0.14 99
IV.IVPL.HHE. 2022-07-23T12:34:24.36 0.3 undecidable manual P 320 34.3434 50 0.12 72
IV.MSRU.HHE. 2022-07-23T12:34:23.33 0.3 undecidable manual P 60 27.4503 50 0.15 73
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2022-07-23T12:34:23.36 0.1 undecidable manual S 359 14.4744 125 -0.21 98
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2022-07-23T12:34:23.23 0.3 undecidable manual P 257 27.4503 50 0.05 74
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2022-07-23T12:34:23.59 0.1 undecidable manual S 215 15.1737 124 -0.17 99
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2022-07-23T12:34:21.09 0.1 undecidable manual P 359 14.4744 125 0.12 100
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2022-07-23T12:34:21.28 0.1 undecidable manual P 215 15.1737 124 0.2 98
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2022-07-23T12:34:21.84 0.1 undecidable manual P 181 18.7701 119 0.14 99
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00038700000000000003 0.42 AML other m 2022-07-23T12:34:23.73
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:2.1 0.0012349999999999998 0.24 AML other m 2022-07-23T12:34:23.47
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:0.9 0.0000742 0.78 AML other m 2022-07-23T12:34:23.59
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:0.9 0.0000766 0.9 AML other m 2022-07-23T12:34:24.89
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:0.9 0.00006739999999999998 1.22 AML other m 2022-07-23T12:34:24.85
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.0 0.0000769 0.14 AML other m 2022-07-23T12:34:25.17
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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