Earthquake (quarry blast) with magnitude of ML 0.8 on date 28-10-2022 and time 12:32:27 (Italy) in region 2 km SW Santa Lucia del Mela (ME)

A magnitude ML 0.8 (quarry blast) earthquake occured in region: 2 km SW Santa Lucia del Mela (ME), on

  • 28-10-2022 10:32:27 (UTC)
  • 28-10-2022 12:32:27 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1260, 15.2660 at 0 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Event type: quarry blast.

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
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 2 4650 4650
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 5 41583 46233
San Filippo del Mela ME 5 7115 53348
Merì ME 5 2338 55686
Castroreale ME 6 2504 58190
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 6 1807 59997
Pace del Mela ME 7 6239 66236
Condrò ME 8 493 66729
San Pier Niceto ME 8 2837 69566
Rodì Milici ME 9 2056 71622
Terme Vigliatore ME 9 7395 79017
Torregrotta ME 11 7431 86448
Milazzo ME 11 31646 118094
Monforte San Giorgio ME 11 2777 120871
Roccavaldina ME 12 1133 122004
Valdina ME 12 1355 123359
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 12 1531 124890
Furnari ME 13 3784 128674
Venetico ME 14 3911 132585
Rometta ME 14 6650 139235
Mandanici ME 14 601 139836
Spadafora ME 14 5021 144857
Fiumedinisi ME 15 1409 146266
Falcone ME 16 2808 149074
Saponara ME 17 3988 153062
Antillo ME 17 919 153981
Novara di Sicilia ME 17 1337 155318
Tripi ME 17 873 156191
Itala ME 17 1640 157831
Alì ME 17 768 158599
Pagliara ME 17 1170 159769
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 17 1019 160788
Oliveri ME 18 2181 162969
Villafranca Tirrena ME 19 8584 171553
Basicò ME 19 612 172165
Casalvecchio Siculo ME 19 842 173007
Alì Terme ME 19 2539 175546
Scaletta Zanclea ME 19 2140 177686
Nizza di Sicilia ME 20 3667 181353
Savoca ME 20 1732 183085

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
27 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
33 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
58 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
71 Km N of Catania (314555 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 0.8 2022-10-28
10:32:27
38.126 15.2662 1 2024-03-01
15:28:24
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 117586211
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.0 2022-10-28
10:32:27
38.1238 15.2795 8 2022-10-28
10:40:51
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 111252951
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-10-28 10:32:27 ± 0.06
Latitude 38.1260 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.2662 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 1 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type quarry blast
Origin ID 117586211

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 600
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 390
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 325
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 600.0
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 18
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.14
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.31926
Number of stations at which the event was observed 17
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

ML:0.8

Field Value
Value 0.8
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 117586211
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-05-22 09:44:35

ML:1.0

Field Value
Value 1.0
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 111252951
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-10-28 10:40:51
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.ARRO.EHZ. 2022-10-28T10:33:56.05 3.0 undecidable manual Sn 0.73 0
IV.LPDG.HHZ. 2022-10-28T10:33:48.59 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -0.06 0
IV.BRSN.HNZ. 2022-10-28T10:33:43.92 3.0 negative manual Pg 9.45 0
IV.SFI.EHZ. 2022-10-28T10:33:28.12 3.0 undecidable manual Pn -2.3 0
IV.FDMO.HHZ. 2022-10-28T10:33:26.91 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 11.75 0
IV.PTRJ.HHZ. 2022-10-28T10:33:19.06 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -1.09 0
IV.MF5.EHZ. 2022-10-28T10:33:19.99 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 6.16 0
IV.GRI.EHZ. 2022-10-28T10:32:57.05 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 0.65 0
IV.SPS2.HHZ. 2022-10-28T10:32:55.93 3.0 undecidable manual Sg -0.26 0
IV.LRP.EHZ. 2022-10-28T10:32:52.53 3.0 undecidable manual Pn -2.95 0
IV.PTRJ.HHZ. 2022-10-28T10:32:52.12 3.0 positive manual Pn 1.65 0
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2022-10-28T10:32:34.87 0.3 undecidable manual P 255 35.4423 91 0.12 72
IV.CORL.HHZ. 2022-10-28T10:32:34.35 3.0 positive manual P -0.28 0
IV.LIBRI.HHE. 2022-10-28T10:32:33.55 0.3 undecidable manual P 261 29.8479 91 -0.07 73
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2022-10-28T10:32:32.68 0.3 undecidable manual P 54 26.0517 91 -0.19 72
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2022-10-28T10:32:31.09 0.1 undecidable manual P 190 17.4714 92 -0.05 100
IV.MILZ.HHE. 2022-10-28T10:32:30.94 0.3 undecidable manual P 349 16.3725 92 0.01 76
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2022-10-28T10:32:29.37 0.1 positive manual P 73 7.881 94 0.14 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:0.9 0.0000769 0.8 AML other m 2022-10-28T10:32:37.05
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:0.8 0.00006154999999999999 0.92 AML other m 2022-10-28T10:32:38.32
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