Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.7 on date 04-01-2022 and time 02:23:44 (Italy) in region 3 km SE Randazzo (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.7 earthquake occured in region: 3 km SE Randazzo (CT), on

  • 04-01-2022 01:23:44 (UTC)
  • 04-01-2022 02:23:44 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8640, 14.9810 at 24 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania).

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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
Randazzo CT 3 10900 10900
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 6 980 11880
Moio Alcantara ME 7 717 12597
Roccella Valdemone ME 8 666 13263
Malvagna ME 9 733 13996
Maletto CT 11 3920 17916
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 13 3215 21131
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 14 3945 25076
Linguaglossa CT 15 5403 30479
Maniace CT 15 3765 34244
Floresta ME 15 485 34729
Bronte CT 15 19172 53901
Motta Camastra ME 17 845 54746
Montalbano Elicona ME 18 2287 57033
Piedimonte Etneo CT 18 3963 60996
Sant'Alfio CT 20 1582 62578
Milo CT 20 1087 63665

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
32 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
41 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
62 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
64 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
91 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
94 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Reviewed
Rev200
ML 1.7 2022-01-04
01:23:44
37.864 14.981 24 2022-01-04
01:36:16
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 99299941
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-01-04 01:23:44
Latitude 37.8640
Longitude 14.9810
Depth (km) 24 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 200 -> SURVEY-INGV-CT#SeismPicker_SO-OE
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 99299941

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description horizontal uncertainty
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi)
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 700.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 97
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 1
Number of defining phases 1
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)
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree)
Number of stations at which the event was observed 0
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 0
Magnitude information

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 99299941
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-01-04 01:36:16
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