Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 03-08-2022 and time 03:46:27 (UTC) in region 3 km SW Sinagra (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: 3 km SW Sinagra (ME), on

  • 03-08-2022 03:46:27 (UTC)
  • 03-08-2022 05:46:27 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0620, 14.8400 at 6 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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
Sinagra ME 3 2705 2705
Tortorici ME 4 6435 9140
Castell'Umberto ME 4 3128 12268
Ucria ME 4 1058 13326
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 6 1319 14645
Ficarra ME 6 1469 16114
Raccuja ME 6 1041 17155
Galati Mamertino ME 7 2627 19782
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 7 3090 22872
Mirto ME 8 974 23846
Naso ME 8 3813 27659
Frazzanò ME 8 711 28370
Longi ME 9 1473 29843
Floresta ME 10 485 30328
Brolo ME 11 5783 36111
San Piero Patti ME 11 2915 39026
Librizzi ME 11 1660 40686
Piraino ME 11 3962 44648
Montagnareale ME 12 1615 46263
San Marco d'Alunzio ME 12 1996 48259
Capri Leone ME 13 4515 52774
Alcara li Fusi ME 13 1980 54754
Gioiosa Marea ME 13 7074 61828
Capo d'Orlando ME 14 13254 75082
Patti ME 14 13431 88513
Militello Rosmarino ME 14 1324 89837
Torrenova ME 15 4386 94223
Montalbano Elicona ME 16 2287 96510
Sant'Agata di Militello ME 18 12624 109134
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 19 980 110114
Basicò ME 19 612 110726

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
58 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
64 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
66 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
71 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
93 Km NE of Caltanissetta (63360 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 1.2 2022-08-03
03:46:27
38.0618 14.8405 7 2022-08-28
04:17:54
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 108095831
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.5 2022-08-03
03:46:27
38.0303 14.8427 6 2022-08-03
04:04:48
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 108044061
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-08-03 03:46:27 ± 0.12
Latitude 38.0618 ± 0.0054
Longitude 14.8405 ± 0.0069
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 108095831

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 685
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 284
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 307
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 680.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 117
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 15
Number of defining phases 15
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.29
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.03238
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.56208
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitudes information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 108044061
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-08-03 04:04:48

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations 9
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 108095831
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-08-28 03:45:03
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2022-08-03T03:46:47.44 0.3 undecidable manual S 69 62.3931 50 0.24 66
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2022-08-03T03:46:40.09 0.3 undecidable manual S 19 36.9297 100 0.02 72
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2022-08-03T03:46:38.50 0.1 undecidable manual P 69 62.3931 50 -0.19 88
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2022-08-03T03:46:37.04 0.6 undecidable manual S 177 26.4513 104 0.54 43
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2022-08-03T03:46:36.30 0.6 undecidable manual S 98 26.1516 104 -0.11 48
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2022-08-03T03:46:35.03 0.6 undecidable manual S 262 21.9669 106 0.03 49
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2022-08-03T03:46:34.74 0.1 undecidable manual P 19 36.9297 100 0.17 93
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2022-08-03T03:46:33.53 0.3 undecidable manual P 160 28.3494 103 0.64 63
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2022-08-03T03:46:32.12 0.1 undecidable manual P 177 26.4513 104 -0.39 90
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2022-08-03T03:46:31.54 0.3 undecidable manual P 262 21.9669 106 -0.1 73
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2022-08-03T03:46:31.91 0.1 undecidable manual P 98 26.1516 104 -0.55 87
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2022-08-03T03:46:30.94 0.6 undecidable manual S 73 8.0808 129 0.29 48
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2022-08-03T03:46:29.28 0.1 negative manual P 73 8.0808 129 0.15 98
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2022-08-03T03:46:29.53 0.6 undecidable manual S 126 3.5964 151 -0.09 50
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2022-08-03T03:46:28.44 0.1 negative manual P 126 3.5964 151 -0.1 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.LIBRI.HHN. ML:1.2 0.00027100000000000003 0.2 AML other m 2022-08-03T03:46:31.32
IV.LIBRI.HNN. ML:1.7 0.0009785 0.22 AML other m 2022-08-03T03:46:31.52
IV.LIBRI.HHE. ML:1.1 0.00023297594999999998 0.4192 AML other m 2022-08-03T03:46:31.36
IV.LIBRI.HNE. ML:1.8 0.0011094686500000002 0.1984 AML other m 2022-08-03T03:46:31.81
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:0.7 0.000036937545 0.2816 AML other m 2022-08-03T03:46:35.67
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:0.8 0.000046085849999999995 0.1792 AML other m 2022-08-03T03:46:35.73
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:1.2 0.00008830128 0.2784 AML other m 2022-08-03T03:46:37.39
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:1.0 0.00005580208 0.7008 AML other m 2022-08-03T03:46:37.49
IV.EPZF.HHN. ML:2.1 0.00073308875 1.3792 AML other m 2022-08-03T03:46:39.04
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