Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.0 on date 25-03-2023 and time 19:42:03 (UTC) in region 6 km W Milo (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.0 earthquake occured in region: 6 km W Milo (CT), on

  • 25-03-2023 19:42:03 (UTC)
  • 25-03-2023 20:42:03 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7470, 15.0490 at 2 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
Milo CT 7 1087 1087
Zafferana Etnea CT 8 9517 10604
Sant'Alfio CT 8 1582 12186
Santa Venerina CT 10 8592 20778
Giarre CT 12 27659 48437
Mascali CT 13 14282 62719
Piedimonte Etneo CT 13 3963 66682
Linguaglossa CT 14 5403 72085
Riposto CT 14 14838 86923
Pedara CT 14 14102 101025
Trecastagni CT 15 10910 111935
Nicolosi CT 15 7463 119398
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 15 9623 129021
Viagrande CT 16 8563 137584
Ragalna CT 16 3924 141508
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 17 3215 144723
Moio Alcantara ME 17 717 145440
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 17 17984 163424
Randazzo CT 17 10900 174324
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 17 3524 177848
Aci Catena CT 18 29851 207699
Calatabiano CT 18 5308 213007
Acireale CT 18 52622 265629
Belpasso CT 18 28108 293737
Maletto CT 19 3920 297657
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 19 3945 301602
Tremestieri Etneo CT 19 20589 322191
Mascalucia CT 19 31958 354149
Malvagna ME 19 733 354882
San Giovanni la Punta CT 19 23060 377942
San Pietro Clarenza CT 19 7743 385685
Bronte CT 20 19172 404857
Biancavilla CT 20 24007 428864
Valverde CT 20 7840 436704
Gaggi ME 20 3184 439888
Motta Camastra ME 20 845 440733

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
18 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
27 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
66 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
67 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
79 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
91 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
96 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
99 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 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 1.0 2023-03-25
19:42:03
37.747 15.049 2 2023-03-25
19:49:34
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 115729961
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-03-25 19:42:03
Latitude 37.7470
Longitude 15.0490
Depth (km) 2 (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 115729961

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) 200.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 115
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) 0.14
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:1.0

Field Value
Value 1.0
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 115729961
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-03-25 19:49:34
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