Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.0 on date 05-08-2024 and time 16:03:25 (UTC) in region 6 km NW Milo (CT)

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

  • 05-08-2024 16:03:25 (UTC)
  • 05-08-2024 18:03:25 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7550, 15.0560 at 6 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 6 1087 1087
Zafferana Etnea CT 8 9517 10604
Sant'Alfio CT 8 1582 12186
Santa Venerina CT 11 8592 20778
Giarre CT 12 27659 48437
Mascali CT 12 14282 62719
Piedimonte Etneo CT 12 3963 66682
Linguaglossa CT 12 5403 72085
Riposto CT 13 14838 86923
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 14 9623 96546
Pedara CT 15 14102 110648
Trecastagni CT 15 10910 121558
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 16 3215 124773
Nicolosi CT 16 7463 132236
Moio Alcantara ME 16 717 132953
Viagrande CT 16 8563 141516
Randazzo CT 17 10900 152416
Calatabiano CT 17 5308 157724
Ragalna CT 17 3924 161648
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 18 17984 179632
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 18 3945 183577
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 18 3524 187101
Malvagna ME 18 733 187834
Acireale CT 19 52622 240456
Aci Catena CT 19 29851 270307
Maletto CT 19 3920 274227
Gaggi ME 19 3184 277411
Motta Camastra ME 19 845 278256
Belpasso CT 19 28108 306364
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 20 980 307344
Bronte CT 20 19172 326516
Tremestieri Etneo CT 20 20589 347105
San Giovanni la Punta CT 20 23060 370165

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
19 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
28 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
65 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
66 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
80 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
92 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
97 Km N of Ragusa (73313 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 2024-08-05
16:03:25
37.755 15.056 6 2024-08-05
16:15:04
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 130435721
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2024-08-05 16:03:25
Latitude 37.7550
Longitude 15.0560
Depth (km) 6 (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 130435721

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) 400.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 76
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) 0.08
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 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 130435721
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-08-05 16:15:04
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