Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.0 on date 31-08-2022 and time 01:51:01 (UTC) in region 3 km N Basicò (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.0 earthquake occured in region: 3 km N Basicò (ME), on

  • 31-08-2022 01:51:01 (UTC)
  • 31-08-2022 03:51:01 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0890, 15.0540 at 7 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.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Basicò ME 3 612 612
Falcone ME 4 2808 3420
Oliveri ME 4 2181 5601
Tripi ME 6 873 6474
Furnari ME 7 3784 10258
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 7 1531 11789
Montalbano Elicona ME 8 2287 14076
Librizzi ME 8 1660 15736
San Piero Patti ME 9 2915 18651
Patti ME 10 13431 32082
Montagnareale ME 11 1615 33697
Novara di Sicilia ME 11 1337 35034
Rodì Milici ME 11 2056 37090
Terme Vigliatore ME 11 7395 44485
Raccuja ME 13 1041 45526
Castroreale ME 14 2504 48030
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 15 3090 51120
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 15 1019 52139
Ucria ME 16 1058 53197
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 16 41583 94780
Floresta ME 17 485 95265
Gioiosa Marea ME 17 7074 102339
Roccella Valdemone ME 18 666 103005
Sinagra ME 18 2705 105710
Piraino ME 19 3962 109672
Malvagna ME 19 733 110405
Merì ME 19 2338 112743
Ficarra ME 20 1469 114212

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
46 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
52 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
54 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
65 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
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.0 2022-08-31
01:51:01
38.0887 15.0538 7 2022-08-31
02:45:05
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 109161961
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-08-31 01:51:01 ± 0.23
Latitude 38.0887 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.0538 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 7 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 109161961

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 458
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 374
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 14
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 460.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 87
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 11
Number of defining phases 11
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.19
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.09893
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.29318
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitude information

ML:1.0

Field Value
Value 1.0
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 109161961
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-08-31 02:45:05
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2022-08-31T01:51:13.58 0.3 undecidable manual S 349 32.5452 102 0.29 69
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2022-08-31T01:51:11.14 0.6 undecidable manual S 76 26.8509 105 -0.24 47
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2022-08-31T01:51:10.55 0.3 undecidable manual S 166 23.6541 107 0.24 71
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2022-08-31T01:51:08.04 1.0 undecidable manual P 349 32.5452 102 -0.37 23
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2022-08-31T01:51:07.63 0.3 undecidable manual S 252 16.4724 113 -0.34 70
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2022-08-31T01:51:07.08 1.0 undecidable manual P 76 26.8509 105 -0.22 24
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2022-08-31T01:51:06.33 0.1 undecidable manual S 267 10.9779 123 0.07 100
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2022-08-31T01:51:06.84 0.6 undecidable manual P 166 23.6541 107 0.16 48
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2022-08-31T01:51:05.99 0.1 positive manual P 130 20.3685 109 -0.06 98
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2022-08-31T01:51:05.32 0.1 positive manual P 252 16.4724 113 -0.01 100
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2022-08-31T01:51:04.45 0.6 negative manual P 267 10.9779 123 0.1 50
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.LIBRI.HNE. ML:1.2 0.0001945 0.44 AML other m 2022-08-31T01:51:06.42
IV.LIBRI.HHE. ML:0.7 0.00006975 0.42 AML other m 2022-08-31T01:51:06.70
IV.LIBRI.HHN. ML:0.9 0.00011265 0.18 AML other m 2022-08-31T01:51:06.60
IV.LIBRI.HNN. ML:1.4 0.000336 0.18 AML other m 2022-08-31T01:51:06.77
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