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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.8 on date 29-08-2022 and time 21:58:36 (Italy) in region 9 km N Centuripe (EN)

A magnitude ML 1.8 earthquake occured in region: 9 km N Centuripe (EN), on

  • 29-08-2022 19:58:36 (UTC)
  • 29-08-2022 21:58:36 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7060, 14.7320 at 17 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
Centuripe EN 10 5470 5470
Regalbuto EN 10 7277 12747
Adrano CT 10 36122 48869
Bronte CT 13 19172 68041
Biancavilla CT 14 24007 92048
Troina EN 15 9373 101421
Cesarò ME 16 2439 103860
Catenanuova EN 16 4866 108726
San Teodoro ME 16 1403 110129
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 17 7641 117770
Gagliano Castelferrato EN 17 3593 121363
Maletto CT 18 3920 125283
Maniace CT 19 3765 129048
Agira EN 19 8345 137393

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
39 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
40 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
64 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
83 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
86 Km N of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
87 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
87 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
90 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
92 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
94 Km N of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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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 1.8 2022-08-29
19:58:36		 37.7062 14.7323 17 2023-01-31
19:03:59		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 113832831
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-08-29 19:58:36 ± 0.14
Latitude 37.7062 ± 0.0099
Longitude 14.7323 ± 0.0136
Depth (km) 17 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 113832831

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1142
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 887
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 293
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1140.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 91
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 23
Number of defining phases 23
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.36
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.07734
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.93529
Number of stations at which the event was observed 18
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 18
Magnitude information

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations 24
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 113832831
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-01-27 15:02:56
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.ISPIC.EHZ. 2022-08-29T19:58:53.75 0.3 undecidable manual P 172 103.8183 94 -0.26 61
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2022-08-29T19:58:52.94 0.3 undecidable manual P 47 91.8414 95 0.77 53
IV.HMDC.HHZ. 2022-08-29T19:58:51.14 0.3 undecidable manual P 177 83.0502 95 0.32 62
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2022-08-29T19:58:50.74 0.6 undecidable manual S 163 41.5251 102 0.45 44
IV.HVZN.HHZ. 2022-08-29T19:58:46.89 0.3 undecidable manual P 181 58.5969 98 -0.19 67
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2022-08-29T19:58:45.29 0.6 undecidable manual S 40 17.0718 127 1.05 36
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2022-08-29T19:58:44.92 0.6 undecidable manual S 272 14.5743 132 1.19 33
IV.EPOZ.HHZ. 2022-08-29T19:58:44.74 0.3 undecidable manual P 95 40.2264 103 0.45 66
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2022-08-29T19:58:44.92 0.3 undecidable manual P 22 45.2214 101 -0.13 70
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2022-08-29T19:58:43.75 0.3 undecidable manual P 341 38.3283 104 -0.26 69
IV.EPIT.HHZ. 2022-08-29T19:58:43.06 0.3 undecidable manual P 68 30.747 108 0.18 71
IV.ECZM.HHN. 2022-08-29T19:58:43.75 0.6 undecidable manual S 79 15.3735 131 -0.13 48
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2022-08-29T19:58:43.99 0.1 undecidable manual P 163 41.5251 102 -0.5 86
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2022-08-29T19:58:43.85 0.3 undecidable manual P 18 39.3273 103 -0.31 68
IV.ESCV.HHZ. 2022-08-29T19:58:42.50 0.6 undecidable manual S 58 8.5803 149 -0.21 48
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2022-08-29T19:58:41.79 0.1 undecidable manual P 56 22.9548 117 0.02 99
IV.EMPL.HHZ. 2022-08-29T19:58:41.83 0.3 undecidable manual P 98 21.0678 119 0.31 70
IV.ESVO.HHE. 2022-08-29T19:58:41.40 0.1 undecidable manual P 68 20.2686 121 -0.01 99
IV.ESML.HNE. 2022-08-29T19:58:41.03 0.1 undecidable manual P 127 16.1727 129 0.14 98
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2022-08-29T19:58:40.92 0.1 undecidable manual P 40 17.0718 127 -0.07 99
IV.ECZM.HHN. 2022-08-29T19:58:40.39 0.1 undecidable manual P 79 15.3735 131 -0.4 92
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2022-08-29T19:58:40.71 0.1 undecidable manual P 272 14.5743 132 0.01 100
IV.ESCV.HHZ. 2022-08-29T19:58:39.48 0.1 negative manual P 58 8.5803 149 -0.63 86
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.ESCV.HHN. ML:2.6 0.003485 1.76 AML other m 2022-08-29T19:58:42.98
IV.ESCV.HHE. ML:2.4 0.00202 0.24 AML other m 2022-08-29T19:58:44.61
IV.EPZF.HHE. ML:2.2 0.001017 0.4 AML other m 2022-08-29T19:58:45.77
IV.EPZF.HHN. ML:2.2 0.0011899999999999999 0.42 AML other m 2022-08-29T19:58:45.90
IV.GALF.HNN. ML:1.6 0.000279 0.5 AML other m 2022-08-29T19:58:46.52
IV.GALF.HHE. ML:2.6 0.002835 0.42 AML other m 2022-08-29T19:58:46.67
IV.GALF.HHN. ML:2.4 0.0018800000000000002 0.34 AML other m 2022-08-29T19:58:46.52
IV.GALF.HNE. ML:1.7 0.00034050000000000004 1.46 AML other m 2022-08-29T19:58:47.88
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:1.1 0.000039399999999999995 1.02 AML other m 2022-08-29T19:58:50.35
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:1.1 0.0000446 1.16 AML other m 2022-08-29T19:58:50.17
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.7 0.00016749999999999998 0.62 AML other m 2022-08-29T19:58:50.62
IV.HLNI.HHE. ML:1.5 0.00010515 1.2 AML other m 2022-08-29T19:58:51.08
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.6 0.000136 0.46 AML other m 2022-08-29T19:58:52.24
IV.LIBRI.HHE. ML:1.4 0.0000689 1.02 AML other m 2022-08-29T19:58:52.32
IV.HLNI.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00010815 0.24 AML other m 2022-08-29T19:58:53.19
IV.LIBRI.HHN. ML:1.3 0.0000551 0.54 AML other m 2022-08-29T19:58:54.43
IV.LIBRI.HNE. ML:1.5 0.00009154999999999999 0.98 AML other m 2022-08-29T19:58:54.71
IV.LIBRI.HNN. ML:1.7 0.000133 0.28 AML other m 2022-08-29T19:58:54.71
IV.HVZN.HHE. ML:1.8 0.0001455 0.44 AML other m 2022-08-29T19:59:00.34
IV.HVZN.HHN. ML:1.9 0.000158 0.46 AML other m 2022-08-29T19:59:00.94
IV.HMDC.HHE. ML:1.3 0.0000262 0.64 AML other m 2022-08-29T19:59:04.63
IV.HMDC.HHN. ML:2.0 0.0001375 0.8 AML other m 2022-08-29T19:59:04.90
IV.ISPIC.EHE. ML:2.1 0.000125 1.06 AML other m 2022-08-29T19:59:09.57
IV.ISPIC.EHN. ML:2.1 0.0001254 0.28 AML other m 2022-08-29T19:59:09.14
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