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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.7 on date 16-09-2022 and time 03:45:17 (UTC) in region 2 km W Basicò (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.7 earthquake occured in region: 2 km W Basicò (ME), on

  • 16-09-2022 03:45:17 (UTC)
  • 16-09-2022 05:45:17 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0680, 15.0390 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
Basicò ME 2 612 612
Montalbano Elicona ME 5 2287 2899
Tripi ME 6 873 3772
San Piero Patti ME 7 2915 6687
Oliveri ME 7 2181 8868
Falcone ME 7 2808 11676
Librizzi ME 8 1660 13336
Furnari ME 9 3784 17120
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 9 1531 18651
Novara di Sicilia ME 10 1337 19988
Patti ME 10 13431 33419
Montagnareale ME 11 1615 35034
Raccuja ME 11 1041 36075
Rodì Milici ME 13 2056 38131
Terme Vigliatore ME 13 7395 45526
Ucria ME 14 1058 46584
Floresta ME 14 485 47069
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 15 3090 50159
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 15 1019 51178
Roccella Valdemone ME 15 666 51844
Castroreale ME 16 2504 54348
Malvagna ME 17 733 55081
Sinagra ME 17 2705 57786
Gioiosa Marea ME 17 7074 64860
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 18 41583 106443
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 18 980 107423
Piraino ME 19 3962 111385
Moio Alcantara ME 19 717 112102
Tortorici ME 19 6435 118537
Ficarra ME 19 1469 120006

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
47 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
52 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
53 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
63 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 1.7 2022-09-16
03:45:17		 38.0682 15.0388 8 2024-03-01
15:27:54		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 109816161
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.7 2022-09-16
03:45:18		 38.0558 15.0387 7 2022-09-16
03:49:53		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 109763231
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-09-16 03:45:17 ± 0.05
Latitude 38.0682 ± 0.0036
Longitude 15.0388 ± 0.0034
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 109816161

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 310
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 278
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 60
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 310.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 77
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 24
Number of defining phases 24
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) 0.08813
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.70956
Number of stations at which the event was observed 18
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 18
Magnitudes information

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 18
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 109816161
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-04-06 16:44:07

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 20
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 109763231
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-09-16 03:49:53
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.PLLN.EHZ. 2022-09-16T03:45:32.49 0.3 undecidable manual P 264 78.7656 50 0.56 59
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2022-09-16T03:45:31.77 0.3 undecidable manual P 74 77.5668 50 0.02 67
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2022-09-16T03:45:28.56 0.6 undecidable manual S 37 28.0497 106 0.47 44
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2022-09-16T03:45:28.15 0.6 undecidable manual S 72 28.749 105 -0.15 48
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2022-09-16T03:45:26.91 0.3 undecidable manual P 62 46.3203 50 -0.03 71
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2022-09-16T03:45:25.26 0.6 undecidable manual S 122 20.0688 111 -0.19 48
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2022-09-16T03:45:25.51 0.3 undecidable manual P 265 39.2274 50 -0.34 67
IV.IVGP.HHN. 2022-09-16T03:45:25.47 0.3 undecidable manual P 349 37.1295 50 -0.04 72
IV.IVUG.HHZ. 2022-09-16T03:45:25.43 0.3 undecidable manual P 353 36.6411 50 -0.02 72
IV.IVLT.HHN. 2022-09-16T03:45:25.53 0.3 undecidable manual P 348 37.2294 50 0 72
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2022-09-16T03:45:25.93 0.6 undecidable manual S 161 21.867 110 -0.09 49
IV.IVCR.HHZ. 2022-09-16T03:45:25.59 0.6 undecidable manual P 350 38.4282 50 -0.14 47
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2022-09-16T03:45:25.11 0.3 undecidable manual P 351 34.5432 103 0.05 72
3D.OEM4.HHN. 2022-09-16T03:45:25.64 0.3 undecidable manual P 347 38.8278 50 -0.14 70
IV.EMNR.HHZ. 2022-09-16T03:45:24.43 0.3 undecidable manual P 182 27.9498 106 0.66 62
IV.EPMN.HHZ. 2022-09-16T03:45:24.21 0.3 undecidable manual P 156 30.0477 105 0.03 73
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2022-09-16T03:45:23.97 0.3 undecidable manual P 37 28.0497 106 0.16 71
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2022-09-16T03:45:23.82 0.3 undecidable manual P 72 28.749 105 -0.11 72
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2022-09-16T03:45:23.59 0.6 undecidable manual S 259 14.6742 118 -0.15 49
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2022-09-16T03:45:22.64 0.1 positive manual P 161 21.867 110 0.02 99
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2022-09-16T03:45:22.35 0.6 undecidable manual S 280 9.7791 129 0.04 50
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2022-09-16T03:45:22.12 0.1 positive manual P 122 20.0688 111 -0.16 96
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2022-09-16T03:45:21.16 0.1 positive manual P 259 14.6742 118 -0.14 98
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2022-09-16T03:45:20.41 0.1 positive manual P 280 9.7791 129 -0.06 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.LIBRI.HHN. ML:1.4 0.000356 0.54 AML other m 2022-09-16T03:45:22.48
IV.LIBRI.HNN. ML:1.8 0.0008975 0.64 AML other m 2022-09-16T03:45:22.53
IV.LIBRI.HHE. ML:1.2 0.000251 0.34 AML other m 2022-09-16T03:45:23.34
IV.LIBRI.HNE. ML:1.6 0.000609 0.5 AML other m 2022-09-16T03:45:23.68
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:2.0 0.000979 1.32 AML other m 2022-09-16T03:45:23.18
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.8 0.00079 0.34 AML other m 2022-09-16T03:45:23.87
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.7 0.000348 1.22 AML other m 2022-09-16T03:45:26.92
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.7 0.00035350000000000003 1.16 AML other m 2022-09-16T03:45:26.76
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:2.0 0.000489 1.58 AML other m 2022-09-16T03:45:28.96
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.5 0.0001525 0.72 AML other m 2022-09-16T03:45:30.29
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:1.6 0.0002195 0.38 AML other m 2022-09-16T03:45:30.46
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.5 0.0001575 1.28 AML other m 2022-09-16T03:45:30.87
IV.IVPL.HNN. ML:1.9 0.000319 0.84 AML other m 2022-09-16T03:45:32.33
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:1.8 0.000272 0.84 AML other m 2022-09-16T03:45:32.34
IV.IVPL.HNE. ML:1.8 0.00024349999999999998 0.24 AML other m 2022-09-16T03:45:33.37
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:1.8 0.0002535 0.26 AML other m 2022-09-16T03:45:33.38
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00006535 0.74 AML other m 2022-09-16T03:45:33.91
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:1.4 0.0000797 0.46 AML other m 2022-09-16T03:45:37.52
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