Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.1 on date 22-09-2022 and time 11:57:02 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 1.1 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 22-09-2022 09:57:02 (UTC)
  • 22-09-2022 11:57:02 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1640, 15.0750 at 8 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
Oliveri ME 5 2181 2181
Falcone ME 5 2808 4989
Furnari ME 8 3784 8773
Terme Vigliatore ME 8 7395 16168
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 10 1531 17699
Patti ME 10 13431 31130
Rodì Milici ME 10 2056 33186
Basicò ME 11 612 33798
Montagnareale ME 12 1615 35413
Librizzi ME 13 1660 37073
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 13 41583 78656
Tripi ME 13 873 79529
Castroreale ME 14 2504 82033
Merì ME 15 2338 84371
San Piero Patti ME 16 2915 87286
Gioiosa Marea ME 16 7074 94360
Milazzo ME 16 31646 126006
Montalbano Elicona ME 16 2287 128293
Novara di Sicilia ME 17 1337 129630
San Filippo del Mela ME 17 7115 136745
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 18 3090 139835
Piraino ME 18 3962 143797
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 19 4650 148447
Raccuja ME 19 1041 149488

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
42 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
50 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
62 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
73 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 1.1 2022-09-22
09:57:02
38.1643 15.0748 8 2022-09-22
10:12:55
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 109995711
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-09-22 09:57:02 ± 0.57
Latitude 38.1643 ± 0.0144
Longitude 15.0748 ± 0.0114
Depth (km) 8 ± 7 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 109995711

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1343
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 987
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 348
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1340.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 111
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) 0.42
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.14029
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.23292
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:1.1

Field Value
Value 1.1
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 109995711
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-09-22 10:12:55
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2022-09-22T09:57:11.04 0.6 undecidable manual S 233 22.1556 109 0.04 52
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2022-09-22T09:57:11.78 0.6 undecidable manual S 147 25.4523 107 -0.33 48
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2022-09-22T09:57:11.91 0.6 undecidable manual S 95 24.3534 108 0.18 50
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2022-09-22T09:57:09.09 0.6 undecidable manual P 341 24.9528 107 0.99 38
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2022-09-22T09:57:08.85 0.3 undecidable manual S 235 15.5733 116 -0.05 78
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2022-09-22T09:57:08.18 0.1 undecidable manual P 95 24.3534 108 0.19 100
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2022-09-22T09:57:08.02 0.3 undecidable manual P 147 25.4523 107 -0.19 75
3D.OEM9.HHZ. 2022-09-22T09:57:07.23 0.3 undecidable manual P 344 25.8519 107 -1.05 55
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2022-09-22T09:57:07.77 0.3 undecidable manual P 233 22.1556 109 0.2 75
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2022-09-22T09:57:06.48 0.3 undecidable manual P 235 15.5733 116 0.12 77
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.LIBRI.HNN. ML:1.1 0.00012338231 0.2944 AML other m 2022-09-22T09:57:09.84
IV.LIBRI.HNE. ML:1.1 0.000124 0.54 AML other m 2022-09-22T09:57:09.13
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:0.9 0.000059718805 0.32 AML other m 2022-09-22T09:57:11.13
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.1 0.00009735000000000001 1.16 AML other m 2022-09-22T09:57:11.79
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:0.9 0.000042966030000000004 0.6592 AML other m 2022-09-22T09:57:14.25
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.3 0.00011496395000000002 0.2944 AML other m 2022-09-22T09:57:12.57
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