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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.4 on date 29-04-2023 and time 15:06:40 (UTC) in region 1 km S Sant'Agata di Militello (ME)

A magnitude ML 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 1 km S Sant'Agata di Militello (ME), on

  • 29-04-2023 15:06:40 (UTC)
  • 29-04-2023 17:06:40 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0610, 14.6330 at 8 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

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The values of hypocentral coordinates and magnitude may be revised at a later time as more information becomes available.

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Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Sant'Agata di Militello ME 1 12624 12624
Acquedolci ME 4 5744 18368
Militello Rosmarino ME 4 1324 19692
Torrenova ME 5 4386 24078
San Marco d'Alunzio ME 6 1996 26074
San Fratello ME 6 3707 29781
Alcara li Fusi ME 7 1980 31761
Capri Leone ME 8 4515 36276
Frazzanò ME 10 711 36987
Mirto ME 11 974 37961
Longi ME 11 1473 39434
Galati Mamertino ME 13 2627 42061
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 13 1319 43380
Capo d'Orlando ME 15 13254 56634
Naso ME 15 3813 60447
Castell'Umberto ME 16 3128 63575
Tortorici ME 17 6435 70010
Caronia ME 17 3364 73374
Ficarra ME 18 1469 74843
Sinagra ME 19 2705 77548

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
68 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
74 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
81 Km NE of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
82 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
89 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
98 Km E of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 2.4 2023-04-29
15:06:40		 38.0607 14.6333 8 2024-03-01
17:18:13		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 119398431
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 2.4 2023-04-29
15:06:40		 38.0702 14.6247 8 2023-04-29
15:15:58		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 116873401
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-04-29 15:06:40 ± 0.08
Latitude 38.0607 ± 0.0063
Longitude 14.6333 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 8 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 119398431

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 676
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 339
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 146
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 680.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 73
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 55
Number of defining phases 42
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.32
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 2.32655
Number of stations at which the event was observed 47
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 34
Magnitudes information

ML:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 82
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 116873401
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-04-29 15:15:58

ML:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 82
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 119398431
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-07-19 13:11:12
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SCTE.HHZ. 2023-04-29T15:08:26.67 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 7.81 0
IV.RIBO.EHZ.01 2023-04-29T15:08:14.54 3.0 positive manual Pg 11.38 0
IV.PAOL.HHZ. 2023-04-29T15:08:04.54 3.0 undecidable manual Sn 0.99 0
IV.MMO1.EHZ. 2023-04-29T15:08:03.98 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 9.92 0
IV.FOSV.EHZ. 2023-04-29T15:08:00.73 3.0 undecidable manual Pn 0.02 0
IV.PTRP.HHZ. 2023-04-29T15:07:55.08 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -1.8 0
IV.GIUL.HHZ. 2023-04-29T15:07:43.78 3.0 negative manual Pg 7.33 0
IV.MCEL.HHZ. 2023-04-29T15:07:20.46 3.0 negative manual Pn 0.72 0
IV.SIRI.HHZ. 2023-04-29T15:07:18.57 0.3 undecidable manual P 24 258.2415 38 -1.04 0
IV.MGR.HHZ. 2023-04-29T15:07:15.89 0.3 undecidable manual P 19 243.6672 38 -1.91 0
MN.CUC.HHZ. 2023-04-29T15:07:15.50 0.3 undecidable manual P 25 237.3846 38 -1.53 0
IV.BULG.HHZ. 2023-04-29T15:07:14.66 0.3 undecidable manual P 16 232.7892 38 -1.79 0
IV.GRIS.EHZ. 2023-04-29T15:07:12.47 0.3 undecidable manual P 29 214.0191 38 -1.65 0
IV.CET2.HHZ. 2023-04-29T15:07:10.59 3.0 undecidable manual P 0
IV.MMGO.HHZ. 2023-04-29T15:07:07.03 3.0 positive manual P 1.93 0
IV.PLAC.HHZ. 2023-04-29T15:07:06.54 0.3 undecidable manual P 74 163.0146 50 -0.77 0
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2023-04-29T15:07:01.01 3.0 negative manual P -0.58 0
IV.CORL.HHZ. 2023-04-29T15:07:01.74 3.0 positive manual P 0.84 0
IV.SSY.HHZ. 2023-04-29T15:06:59.08 0.3 undecidable manual P 159 107.4147 50 0.35 26
TV.GMB1.HHZ. 2023-04-29T15:06:58.11 0.1 undecidable manual P 83 104.118 50 -0.12 53
IV.RAFF.HHZ. 2023-04-29T15:06:58.27 0.3 undecidable manual P 194 95.9262 50 1.3 43
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2023-04-29T15:06:57.80 1.0 undecidable manual S 255 52.1034 50 0.36 23
IV.MRCB.HHZ. 2023-04-29T15:06:56.37 0.1 undecidable manual P 83 94.0392 50 -0.3 90
IV.ALJA.HHZ. 2023-04-29T15:06:55.88 0.1 undecidable manual P 246 84.3489 50 0.69 84
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2023-04-29T15:06:55.41 3.0 undecidable manual P 0.55 0
IV.PLLN.EHZ. 2023-04-29T15:06:55.50 0.3 undecidable manual S 260 43.5231 50 0.36 70
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2023-04-29T15:06:54.60 1.0 undecidable manual S 134 38.4282 50 0.83 20
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2023-04-29T15:06:54.70 1.0 undecidable manual S 189 39.2274 50 0.7 21
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2023-04-29T15:06:54.23 0.1 positive manual P 73 79.5648 50 -0.22 96
IV.IACL.HHZ. 2023-04-29T15:06:50.79 0.3 undecidable manual P 335 57.6978 50 -0.29 71
IV.ILOS.HHZ. 2023-04-29T15:06:50.33 0.1 undecidable manual P 33 50.8158 50 0.32 94
3D.OEM8.HHN. 2023-04-29T15:06:50.22 0.1 positive manual P 29 51.6039 50 0.09 99
IV.GIB.HHZ. 2023-04-29T15:06:50.03 0.1 undecidable manual P 262 53.6019 50 -0.42 92
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2023-04-29T15:06:49.49 0.1 positive manual P 41 46.2204 50 0.18 97
IV.LIBRI.HNZ. 2023-04-29T15:06:49.10 0.6 undecidable manual S 84 25.9518 107 -0.64 43
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2023-04-29T15:06:49.99 0.1 positive manual P 101 53.3022 50 -0.41 92
3D.OEM4.HHN. 2023-04-29T15:06:49.60 0.1 positive manual P 35 47.1195 50 0.15 98
IV.IVGP.HHZ. 2023-04-29T15:06:49.39 0.1 positive manual P 37 46.9197 50 -0.03 100
3D.OEM9.HNE. 2023-04-29T15:06:49.52 0.1 positive manual P 41 47.8188 50 -0.04 100
IV.IVUG.HHZ. 2023-04-29T15:06:49.52 0.1 positive manual P 39 48.2184 50 -0.1 99
IV.IVCR.HHZ. 2023-04-29T15:06:49.56 0.3 undecidable manual P 36 48.1185 50 -0.04 75
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2023-04-29T15:06:49.26 0.1 positive manual P 255 52.1034 50 -0.95 75
IV.IVLT.HHN. 2023-04-29T15:06:49.39 0.1 positive manual P 36 46.2204 50 0.08 99
IV.PLLN.EHZ. 2023-04-29T15:06:48.57 0.3 undecidable manual P 260 43.5231 50 -0.32 71
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2023-04-29T15:06:48.00 0.6 undecidable manual S 95 21.0678 110 -0.16 49
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2023-04-29T15:06:48.51 0.3 undecidable manual P 134 38.4282 50 0.41 69
IV.ESCV.HHN. 2023-04-29T15:06:47.97 0.3 undecidable manual P 155 38.2284 50 -0.11 74
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2023-04-29T15:06:47.28 0.3 undecidable manual P 143 32.745 103 0.19 73
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2023-04-29T15:06:47.89 0.1 positive manual P 189 39.2274 50 -0.34 94
IV.LIBRI.HNZ. 2023-04-29T15:06:45.53 0.1 positive manual P 84 25.9518 107 -0.24 96
IV.MCPD.HHZ. 2023-04-29T15:06:45.70 0.3 undecidable manual S 52 10.7781 126 0.73 62
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2023-04-29T15:06:44.72 0.1 positive manual P 95 21.0678 110 -0.14 98
IV.MSFR.HHE. 2023-04-29T15:06:43.30 0.6 undecidable manual S 231 4.6953 149 -0.21 48
IV.MCPD.HHZ. 2023-04-29T15:06:43.46 0.1 positive manual P 52 10.7781 126 0.45 92
IV.MSFR.HHE. 2023-04-29T15:06:42.11 0.1 negative manual P 231 4.6953 149 -0.07 99
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MCPD.HHN. ML:2.3 0.0026349999999999998 1.04 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:06:46.46
IV.MCPD.HHE. ML:2.2 0.0024050000000000005 0.32 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:06:46.78
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:2.2 0.00115 0.72 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:06:48.56
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:2.4 0.00174 0.38 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:06:50.50
IV.LIBRI.HNN. ML:2.7 0.0032 0.22 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:06:50.76
IV.LIBRI.HHE. ML:2.3 0.0012195 1.58 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:06:51.02
IV.LIBRI.HNE. ML:2.8 0.00354 0.18 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:06:51.54
IV.LIBRI.HHN. ML:2.3 0.001125 0.78 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:06:54.83
IV.EPZF.HNN. ML:2.9 0.0033200000000000005 0.94 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:06:55.92
IV.EPZF.HHN. ML:2.7 0.0024649999999999997 1.7 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:06:55.08
IV.EPZF.HNE. ML:2.7 0.0024249999999999996 0.52 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:06:56.59
IV.IVGP.HHE. ML:2.4 0.0007725 0.8 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:06:58.55
IV.GALF.HNN. ML:2.6 0.0015 0.36 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:06:58.43
IV.IVPL.HNE. ML:2.8 0.0017000000000000001 0.44 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:06:59.21
IV.IVUG.HHN. ML:2.5 0.0008020000000000001 0.2 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:06:59.42
IV.EMSG.HHE. ML:2.7 0.0017549999999999998 0.96 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:06:59.04
IV.IVGP.HHN. ML:2.6 0.0010695 0.58 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:06:59.72
IV.EPZF.HHE. ML:2.5 0.00157 0.34 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:06:59.74
IV.EMSG.HHN. ML:2.8 0.0020949999999999996 1.56 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:06:59.01
IV.CSLB.HNN. ML:2.0 0.0002615 0.84 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:00.51
IV.CSLB.HHN. ML:2.0 0.00025550000000000003 0.84 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:00.52
IV.GALF.HNE. ML:2.6 0.0013050000000000002 0.6 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:00.66
IV.CSLB.HNE. ML:2.0 0.00026949999999999994 1.32 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:00.01
IV.CSLB.HHE. ML:2.0 0.000256 0.88 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:00.24
IV.GALF.HHE. ML:2.9 0.00271 1.22 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:01.67
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:2.2 0.0004355 0.6 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:01.07
IV.PLLN.EHE. ML:2.7 0.0017050000000000001 0.48 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:01.37
IV.ILOS.HHN. ML:2.9 0.0020099999999999996 0.46 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:01.67
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:2.4 0.000592 0.46 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:01.47
IV.GIB.HHN. ML:2.6 0.000854 1.38 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:01.84
IV.IVPL.HNN. ML:2.7 0.0015 0.64 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:02.91
IV.IACL.HHN. ML:2.5 0.0007775000000000001 0.72 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:02.90
IV.IVUG.HHE. ML:2.4 0.000734 1.14 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:02.36
IV.IACL.HHE. ML:2.6 0.0008065 0.46 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:03.21
IV.PLLN.EHN. ML:2.8 0.00226 1.42 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:04.00
IV.GIB.HHE. ML:2.4 0.0006955 0.4 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:04.47
IV.GALF.HHN. ML:2.9 0.002675 0.66 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:04.55
IV.ILOS.HHE. ML:2.8 0.0015750000000000002 0.42 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:05.60
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:2.4 0.00036199999999999996 0.7 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:05.75
IV.MSRU.HNE. ML:2.5 0.000417 0.7 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:06.41
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:2.4 0.0003415 0.22 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:06.88
IV.MSRU.HNN. ML:2.4 0.0003185 1.78 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:06.89
IV.HLNI.HNN. ML:2.3 0.000243 0.4 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:09.08
IV.HLNI.HHN. ML:2.2 0.0002295 1.32 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:09.10
IV.MRCB.HHE. ML:2.3 0.000229 0.96 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:11.86
IV.MRCB.HHN. ML:2.3 0.00020800000000000001 0.8 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:12.51
IV.HLNI.HHE. ML:2.0 0.00013700000000000002 1.1 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:14.66
IV.ALJA.HHE. ML:2.4 0.00032999999999999994 0.64 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:14.47
IV.ALJA.HHN. ML:2.3 0.0002515 0.32 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:14.43
IV.RAFF.HHN. ML:2.2 0.000154 0.64 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:14.14
IV.BULG.HHN. ML:2.5 0.00006829999999999999 0.44 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:16.36
IV.BULG.HHE. ML:2.1 0.00002925 0.14 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:16.36
IV.SSY.HHN. ML:2.8 0.000509 0.48 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:16.93
IV.SSY.HHE. ML:2.5 0.0003115 0.44 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:16.63
IV.SSY.HNN. ML:2.8 0.000496 0.5 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:16.94
IV.RAFF.HNN. ML:1.8 0.00007645 0.4 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:17.09
IV.RAFF.HHE. ML:2.1 0.00014199999999999998 0.34 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:18.46
MN.CUC.HHE. ML:2.1 0.0000229 0.48 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:19.46
IV.RAFF.HNE. ML:1.9 0.00009195 1.44 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:20.79
IV.SSY.HNE. ML:2.7 0.00044750000000000004 0.46 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:20.61
IV.HLNI.HNE. ML:2.2 0.00021250000000000002 1.42 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:20.24
MN.CUC.HHN. ML:2.0 0.00002005 0.42 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:21.75
IV.MGR.HHN. ML:2.2 0.000032149999999999995 1.52 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:22.93
TV.GMB1.HHE. ML:1.8 0.0000547 0.86 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:22.59
TV.GMB1.HNE. ML:2.3 0.00017299999999999998 0.88 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:22.59
IV.SIRI.HHE. ML:2.3 0.0000343 1 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:22.23
TV.GMB1.HHN. ML:1.8 0.00006385000000000001 1.36 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:23.18
TV.GMB1.HNN. ML:2.4 0.0002135 1.36 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:23.86
IV.SOI.EHN. ML:2.3 0.0001395 0.56 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:24.49
IV.SIRI.HHN. ML:2.2 0.0000269 0.3 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:25.24
IV.GRIS.HNE. ML:2.8 0.00018657 0.88 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:27.49
IV.CORL.HHE. ML:2.3 0.000143 0.82 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:27.78
IV.SOI.EHE. ML:2.3 0.00014299999999999998 1.48 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:30.93
IV.CORL.HHN. ML:2.2 0.00011949999999999999 0.62 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:32.65
IV.CET2.HHN. ML:2.4 0.00007745 0.44 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:36.63
IV.GRIS.EHN. ML:2.0 0.000026700000000000002 1.22 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:39.11
IV.PLAC.HHE. ML:2.3 0.0000847 0.56 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:41.40
IV.PLAC.HHN. ML:2.1 0.00005295 0.66 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:42.33
IV.GRIS.EHE. ML:2.0 0.000027099999999999998 0.8 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:43.55
IV.MGR.HHE. ML:2.0 0.000021499999999999997 0.5 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:45.96
IV.CET2.HHE. ML:2.4 0.0000688 1.36 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:47.97
IV.GRIS.HNN. ML:2.8 0.00016299999999999998 0.42 AML other m 2023-04-29T15:07:54.60
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