Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.0 on date 21-10-2022 and time 23:52:44 (Italy) in region 2 km S Falcone (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.0 earthquake occured in region: 2 km S Falcone (ME), on

  • 21-10-2022 21:52:44 (UTC)
  • 21-10-2022 23:52:44 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1040, 15.0840 at 6 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
Falcone ME 2 2808 2808
Oliveri ME 3 2181 4989
Furnari ME 4 3784 8773
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 5 1531 10304
Basicò ME 5 612 10916
Tripi ME 6 873 11789
Rodì Milici ME 8 2056 13845
Terme Vigliatore ME 8 7395 21240
Novara di Sicilia ME 11 1337 22577
Montalbano Elicona ME 11 2287 24864
Librizzi ME 11 1660 26524
Patti ME 11 13431 39955
Castroreale ME 11 2504 42459
San Piero Patti ME 12 2915 45374
Montagnareale ME 12 1615 46989
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 13 41583 88572
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 15 1019 89591
Raccuja ME 16 1041 90632
Merì ME 16 2338 92970
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 18 3090 96060
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 18 4650 100710
San Filippo del Mela ME 18 7115 107825
Gioiosa Marea ME 18 7074 114899
Ucria ME 19 1058 115957
Milazzo ME 19 31646 147603
Floresta ME 20 485 148088
Antillo ME 20 919 149007
Roccella Valdemone ME 20 666 149673

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
43 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
49 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
55 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
67 Km N of Catania (314555 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
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.0 2022-10-21
21:52:44
38.1037 15.0842 6 2022-10-21
22:34:20
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 111044561
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-10-21 21:52:44 ± 0.05
Latitude 38.1037 ± 0.0018
Longitude 15.0842 ± 0.0023
Depth (km) 6 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 111044561

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 226
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 119
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 22
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 230.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 123
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 9
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.1
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.58096
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

ML:1.0

Field Value
Value 1.0
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 111044561
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-10-21 22:34:20
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.FAVA.HNZ. 2022-10-21T21:53:27.66 3.0 undecidable manual S -0.07 0
TV.GMB1.HHZ. 2022-10-21T21:52:56.80 0.1 undecidable manual P 83 64.491 50 0.04 91
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2022-10-21T21:52:55.89 0.1 undecidable manual S 343 31.5462 101 -0.01 97
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2022-10-21T21:52:53.40 0.1 undecidable manual S 78 23.9538 104 0.09 97
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2022-10-21T21:52:51.16 0.1 undecidable manual P 343 31.5462 101 -0.03 96
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2022-10-21T21:52:51.92 0.1 undecidable manual S 138 19.6692 107 0.05 98
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2022-10-21T21:52:49.58 0.3 undecidable manual P 78 23.9538 104 -0.11 72
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2022-10-21T21:52:49.95 0.1 undecidable manual S 261 13.7751 114 0 100
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2022-10-21T21:52:48.70 0.1 undecidable manual P 138 19.6692 107 -0.16 96
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2022-10-21T21:52:47.84 0.1 undecidable manual P 261 13.7751 114 0.09 98
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.LIBRI.HNN. ML:0.8 0.00007645 0.58 AML other m 2022-10-21T21:52:50.38
IV.LIBRI.HNE. ML:0.8 0.00008049999999999999 0.42 AML other m 2022-10-21T21:52:50.12
TV.GMB1.HHN. ML:1.1 0.00002745 0.36 AML other m 2022-10-21T21:52:59.05
TV.GMB1.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00002885 0.08 AML other m 2022-10-21T21:52:59.11
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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