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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 01-08-2022 and time 12:24:14 (UTC) in region 1 km S Novara di Sicilia (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.3 earthquake occured in region: 1 km S Novara di Sicilia (ME), on

  • 01-08-2022 12:24:14 (UTC)
  • 01-08-2022 14:24:14 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0100, 15.1310 at 8 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
Novara di Sicilia ME 1 1337 1337
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 5 1019 2356
Tripi ME 5 873 3229
Basicò ME 8 612 3841
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 9 1531 5372
Montalbano Elicona ME 10 2287 7659
Antillo ME 11 919 8578
Furnari ME 11 3784 12362
Rodì Milici ME 12 2056 14418
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 12 3945 18363
Malvagna ME 12 733 19096
Castroreale ME 12 2504 21600
Falcone ME 13 2808 24408
Motta Camastra ME 13 845 25253
Roccella Valdemone ME 14 666 25919
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 14 3215 29134
Moio Alcantara ME 14 717 29851
Oliveri ME 14 2181 32032
Terme Vigliatore ME 15 7395 39427
Limina ME 15 836 40263
Roccafiorita ME 15 197 40460
San Piero Patti ME 15 2915 43375
Graniti ME 16 1492 44867
Mandanici ME 16 601 45468
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 17 41583 87051
Mongiuffi Melia ME 17 600 87651
Casalvecchio Siculo ME 18 842 88493
Librizzi ME 18 1660 90153
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 18 980 91133
Gaggi ME 18 3184 94317
Gallodoro ME 19 367 94684
Linguaglossa CT 19 5403 100087
Savoca ME 19 1732 101819
Floresta ME 20 485 102304
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 20 4650 106954

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
43 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
44 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
46 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
56 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
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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 1.3 2022-08-01
12:24:14		 38.0097 15.1312 8 2023-01-31
19:03:40		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 109441981
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.5 2022-08-01
12:24:14		 38.0097 15.1312 8 2022-08-01
12:30:54		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 107970941
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-08-01 12:24:14 ± 0.1
Latitude 38.0097 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.1312 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 8 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 109441981

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 477
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 324
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 47
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 480.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 78
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 16
Number of defining phases 16
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.24
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.01889
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.39031
Number of stations at which the event was observed 9
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 9
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 107970941
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-08-01 12:30:54

ML:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 14
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 109441981
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-09-07 22:22:25
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2022-08-01T12:24:29.17 0.6 undecidable manual S 49 43.3233 50 -0.05 46
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2022-08-01T12:24:23.20 0.6 undecidable manual P 49 43.3233 50 0.18 45
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2022-08-01T12:24:22.69 0.3 undecidable manual S 279 22.755 110 -0.26 69
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2022-08-01T12:24:22.45 0.6 undecidable manual S 295 19.4694 113 0.56 43
IV.EPMN.HHZ. 2022-08-01T12:24:22.90 0.3 undecidable manual S 169 21.3675 111 0.4 67
IV.EMNR.HHZ. 2022-08-01T12:24:20.00 0.6 undecidable manual P 203 23.2545 109 0.5 44
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2022-08-01T12:24:19.07 0.3 undecidable manual S 116 9.879 130 0.07 73
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2022-08-01T12:24:19.97 0.3 undecidable manual S 184 14.1747 120 -0.27 70
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2022-08-01T12:24:19.08 0.6 undecidable manual P 279 22.755 110 -0.33 45
IV.EPIT.HHZ. 2022-08-01T12:24:19.81 0.6 negative manual P 197 22.9548 110 0.37 45
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2022-08-01T12:24:18.79 0.3 undecidable manual P 295 19.4694 113 0 73
IV.EPMN.HHZ. 2022-08-01T12:24:18.97 0.1 positive manual P 169 21.3675 111 -0.17 94
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2022-08-01T12:24:17.63 0.1 negative manual P 184 14.1747 120 -0.21 94
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2022-08-01T12:24:17.59 0.3 undecidable manual S 13 2.0979 166 0.11 74
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2022-08-01T12:24:16.22 0.1 positive manual P 13 2.0979 166 -0.03 100
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2022-08-01T12:24:16.93 0.1 positive manual P 116 9.879 130 -0.19 95
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.6 0.0005976134 0.1984 AML other m 2022-08-01T12:24:19.24
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.4 0.0003218905 0.1792 AML other m 2022-08-01T12:24:19.78
IV.ECTS.HHE. ML:1.7 0.0005127596 0.2048 AML other m 2022-08-01T12:24:20.05
IV.ECTS.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00038536729999999995 0.224 AML other m 2022-08-01T12:24:20.65
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.2 0.000122 1.68 AML other m 2022-08-01T12:24:22.87
IV.EPMN.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00012135774999999998 0.384 AML other m 2022-08-01T12:24:23.29
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.1 0.000092 0.32 AML other m 2022-08-01T12:24:23.08
IV.LIBRI.HNN. ML:1.0 0.000076151305 0.1664 AML other m 2022-08-01T12:24:23.45
IV.LIBRI.HNE. ML:0.8 0.000055346730000000005 1.8272 AML other m 2022-08-01T12:24:23.97
IV.EPMN.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00015928445000000003 1.744 AML other m 2022-08-01T12:24:24.94
IV.LIBRI.HHE. ML:0.6 0.00002957283 0.5824 AML other m 2022-08-01T12:24:25.69
IV.LIBRI.HHN. ML:0.6 0.000028107745 0.9824 AML other m 2022-08-01T12:24:30.40
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00007850402000000001 1.1808 AML other m 2022-08-01T12:24:32.38
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:1.8 0.0002013363 0.4 AML other m 2022-08-01T12:24:38.29
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