Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.7 on date 17-03-2023 and time 06:41:15 (UTC) in region 4 km NW Santa Domenica Vittoria (ME)

A magnitude ML 0.7 earthquake occured in region: 4 km NW Santa Domenica Vittoria (ME), on

  • 17-03-2023 06:41:15 (UTC)
  • 17-03-2023 07:41:15 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9510, 14.9410 at 12 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
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 4 980 980
Floresta ME 5 485 1465
Roccella Valdemone ME 6 666 2131
Randazzo CT 8 10900 13031
Montalbano Elicona ME 10 2287 15318
Malvagna ME 11 733 16051
Moio Alcantara ME 11 717 16768
San Piero Patti ME 11 2915 19683
Ucria ME 12 1058 20741
Raccuja ME 12 1041 21782
Tortorici ME 14 6435 28217
Maletto CT 15 3920 32137
Maniace CT 15 3765 35902
Basicò ME 16 612 36514
Librizzi ME 16 1660 38174
Sinagra ME 17 2705 40879
Galati Mamertino ME 18 2627 43506
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 18 3215 46721
Tripi ME 18 873 47594
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 18 3945 51539
Novara di Sicilia ME 18 1337 52876
Longi ME 19 1473 54349
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 19 3090 57439
Castell'Umberto ME 19 3128 60567
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 20 1319 61886

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
43 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
51 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
60 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
64 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
93 Km NE of Caltanissetta (63360 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 0.7 2023-03-17
06:41:15
37.9513 14.9412 12 2023-03-17
06:49:27
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 115460601
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-03-17 06:41:15 ± 0.44
Latitude 37.9513 ± 0.0171
Longitude 14.9412 ± 0.0148
Depth (km) 12 ± 5 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 115460601

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1676
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1403
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 225
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1680.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 214
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) 0.25
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.23113
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:0.7

Field Value
Value 0.7
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 115460601
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-03-17 06:49:27
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2023-03-17T06:41:24.92 0.3 undecidable manual S 85 25.6521 93 0.31 62
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2023-03-17T06:41:22.81 3.0 undecidable manual P 0
IV.LIBRI.HNZ. 2023-03-17T06:41:21.88 0.3 undecidable manual S 356 14.6742 106 0.15 69
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2023-03-17T06:41:20.60 0.3 undecidable manual S 330 11.7771 118 -0.4 69
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2023-03-17T06:41:20.71 0.1 undecidable manual P 85 25.6521 93 0.03 89
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2023-03-17T06:41:19.55 0.1 undecidable manual P 116 17.4714 99 0.11 98
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2023-03-17T06:41:18.51 0.1 undecidable manual P 330 11.7771 118 -0.09 100
IV.LIBRI.HNZ. 2023-03-17T06:41:18.99 0.1 undecidable manual P 356 14.6742 106 -0.03 94
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:0.6 0.00004182134 0.2784 AML other m 2023-03-17T06:41:20.87
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:0.6 0.00004218584 0.4384 AML other m 2023-03-17T06:41:21.90
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:0.8 0.000035486080000000004 3.6192 AML other m 2023-03-17T06:41:26.83
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:0.6 0.000026657760999999997 0.3008 AML other m 2023-03-17T06:41:26.90
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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