Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.0 on date 16-01-2023 and time 12:07:57 (UTC) in region 3 km SE Novara di Sicilia (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.0 earthquake occured in region: 3 km SE Novara di Sicilia (ME), on

  • 16-01-2023 12:07:57 (UTC)
  • 16-01-2023 13:07:57 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9960, 15.1430 at 16 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Sismica INGV-Roma.

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
Novara di Sicilia ME 3 1337 1337
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 3 1019 2356
Tripi ME 7 873 3229
Antillo ME 9 919 4148
Basicò ME 10 612 4760
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 11 1531 6291
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 11 3945 10236
Motta Camastra ME 11 845 11081
Malvagna ME 12 733 11814
Montalbano Elicona ME 12 2287 14101
Furnari ME 12 3784 17885
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 13 3215 21100
Limina ME 13 836 21936
Castroreale ME 13 2504 24440
Rodì Milici ME 13 2056 26496
Roccafiorita ME 13 197 26693
Moio Alcantara ME 13 717 27410
Roccella Valdemone ME 14 666 28076
Graniti ME 14 1492 29568
Falcone ME 15 2808 32376
Mandanici ME 15 601 32977
Mongiuffi Melia ME 15 600 33577
Terme Vigliatore ME 16 7395 40972
Oliveri ME 16 2181 43153
Casalvecchio Siculo ME 16 842 43995
Gaggi ME 16 3184 47179
San Piero Patti ME 17 2915 50094
Gallodoro ME 17 367 50461
Linguaglossa CT 17 5403 55864
Savoca ME 18 1732 57596
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 18 980 58576
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 18 41583 100159
Pagliara ME 19 1170 101329
Forza d'Agrò ME 19 911 102240
Letojanni ME 19 2861 105101
Castelmola ME 19 1088 106189
Sant'Alessio Siculo ME 20 1554 107743
Librizzi ME 20 1660 109403

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
42 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
43 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
46 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
55 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 2023-01-16
12:07:57
37.9962 15.1433 16 2023-01-16
12:12:20
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 113582791
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-01-16 12:07:57 ± 0.17
Latitude 37.9962 ± 0.0126
Longitude 15.1433 ± 0.0068
Depth (km) 16 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 113582791

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1194
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 691
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 183
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1190.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 173
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 7
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.17
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.60524
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
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 113582791
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-01-16 12:12:20
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
1J.FX14.HHZ.00 2023-01-16T12:08:09.49 0.3 positive manual P 96 67.1772 95 -0.04 67
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2023-01-16T12:08:06.96 0.6 undecidable manual S 283 24.1536 110 0.1 48
IV.EPMN.HHZ. 2023-01-16T12:08:05.54 0.6 undecidable manual S 171 19.6692 117 -0.24 47
IV.GIB.HHZ. 2023-01-16T12:08:04.62 3.0 positive manual P 10.81 0
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2023-01-16T12:08:03.50 0.6 undecidable manual S 109 8.2806 147 0.02 50
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2023-01-16T12:08:02.78 0.6 undecidable manual P 283 24.1536 110 -0.22 47
IV.EPMN.HHZ. 2023-01-16T12:08:02.57 0.1 negative manual P 171 19.6692 117 0.19 94
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2023-01-16T12:08:01.03 0.1 negative manual P 109 8.2806 147 -0.01 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.2 0.00016594245 0.1792 AML other m 2023-01-16T12:08:03.62
IV.EPMN.HHE. ML:0.8 0.000043751635 0.2432 AML other m 2023-01-16T12:08:07.61
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:0.9 0.000039064010000000005 1.6384 AML other m 2023-01-16T12:08:06.41
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.2 0.00007901428999999999 1.5744 AML other m 2023-01-16T12:08:07.28
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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