Earthquake (explosion) with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 18-10-2022 and time 11:21:44 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 1.3 (explosion) earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 18-10-2022 09:21:44 (UTC)
  • 18-10-2022 11:21:44 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1600, 14.9980 at 0 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Event type: explosion.

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
Patti ME 4 13431 13431
Montagnareale ME 5 1615 15046
Oliveri ME 7 2181 17227
Librizzi ME 8 1660 18887
Falcone ME 9 2808 21695
Gioiosa Marea ME 9 7074 28769
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 11 3090 31859
Piraino ME 12 3962 35821
Basicò ME 12 612 36433
San Piero Patti ME 12 2915 39348
Furnari ME 13 3784 43132
Raccuja ME 14 1041 44173
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 14 1531 45704
Terme Vigliatore ME 15 7395 53099
Brolo ME 15 5783 58882
Montalbano Elicona ME 15 2287 61169
Tripi ME 15 873 62042
Sinagra ME 16 2705 64747
Ficarra ME 16 1469 66216
Rodì Milici ME 16 2056 68272
Ucria ME 16 1058 69330
Castell'Umberto ME 19 3128 72458
Naso ME 19 3813 76271
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 19 41583 117854
Novara di Sicilia ME 20 1337 119191
Castroreale ME 20 2504 121695

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
49 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
57 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
63 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
73 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000
ML 1.3 2022-10-18
09:21:44
38.1602 14.9985 1 2024-03-01
15:28:00
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 111832961
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 2.3 2022-10-18
09:21:35
37.9207 14.9272 85 2022-10-18
09:56:05
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 110936091
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-10-18 09:21:44 ± 0.09
Latitude 38.1602 ± 0.0054
Longitude 14.9985 ± 0.0080
Depth (km) 1 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type explosion
Origin ID 111832961

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 740
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 550
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 309
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 740.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 101
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 10
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.22
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.09443
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.41369
Number of stations at which the event was observed 10
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 10
Magnitudes information

ML:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 110936091
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-10-18 09:56:05

ML:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 111832961
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-05-12 00:26:26
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2022-10-18T09:21:53.16 0.3 undecidable manual P 75 45.9207 91 -0.46 65
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2022-10-18T09:21:51.57 0.6 undecidable manual P 249 38.1285 91 -0.5 44
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2022-10-18T09:21:50.73 0.3 undecidable manual P 93 30.9468 91 0.11 72
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2022-10-18T09:21:50.55 0.6 undecidable manual P 136 29.3484 91 0.26 47
3D.OEM4.HHN. 2022-10-18T09:21:50.41 0.6 undecidable manual P 350 28.0497 91 0.36 46
IV.IVLT.HHN. 2022-10-18T09:21:49.75 0.3 undecidable manual P 351 26.5512 91 0.01 74
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2022-10-18T09:21:49.22 0.3 undecidable manual P 59 23.754 91 0.04 74
IV.IVUG.HHZ. 2022-10-18T09:21:49.66 0.3 undecidable manual P 358 26.1516 91 -0.01 74
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2022-10-18T09:21:47.85 0.3 undecidable manual P 220 16.9719 92 0.03 75
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2022-10-18T09:21:46.61 0.1 undecidable manual P 216 10.4784 93 0.09 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.LIBRI.HNN. ML:1.3 0.00035350000000000003 0.2 AML other m 2022-10-18T09:21:47.96
IV.LIBRI.HNE. ML:1.2 0.0002935 0.58 AML other m 2022-10-18T09:21:48.44
IV.LIBRI.HHE. ML:0.7 0.00008895000000000001 0.36 AML other m 2022-10-18T09:21:49.73
IV.LIBRI.HHN. ML:0.7 0.000096 0.5 AML other m 2022-10-18T09:21:49.73
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.0 0.000092848985 0.3584 AML other m 2022-10-18T09:21:50.01
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:0.8 0.00005823532 1.3184 AML other m 2022-10-18T09:21:52.33
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:1.9 0.0005304999999999999 0.26 AML other m 2022-10-18T09:22:01.00
IV.IVUG.HHN. ML:1.8 0.0003465 0.24 AML other m 2022-10-18T09:22:01.47
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:1.8 0.0003935 1.18 AML other m 2022-10-18T09:22:01.97
IV.IVUG.HHE. ML:1.8 0.00039 0.26 AML other m 2022-10-18T09:22:02.73
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