Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.3 on date 19-01-2017 and time 08:48:52 (Italy) in region 4 km SW Linguaglossa (CT)

A magnitude ML 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 4 km SW Linguaglossa (CT), on

  • 19-01-2017 07:48:52 (UTC)
  • 19-01-2017 08:48:52 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8230, 15.1020 at 0 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.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Linguaglossa CT 4 5403 5403
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 7 3215 8618
Piedimonte Etneo CT 7 3963 12581
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 9 3945 16526
Sant'Alfio CT 10 1582 18108
Moio Alcantara ME 10 717 18825
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 10 9623 28448
Motta Camastra ME 10 845 29293
Mascali CT 11 14282 43575
Calatabiano CT 11 5308 48883
Milo CT 11 1087 49970
Gaggi ME 11 3184 53154
Malvagna ME 12 733 53887
Giarre CT 13 27659 81546
Graniti ME 13 1492 83038
Riposto CT 14 14838 97876
Zafferana Etnea CT 14 9517 107393
Roccella Valdemone ME 15 666 108059
Randazzo CT 15 10900 118959
Santa Venerina CT 15 8592 127551
Giardini-Naxos ME 16 9415 136966
Castelmola ME 16 1088 138054
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 16 980 139034
Taormina ME 16 10960 149994
Mongiuffi Melia ME 18 600 150594
Roccafiorita ME 19 197 150791
Gallodoro ME 19 367 151158
Letojanni ME 19 2861 154019
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 19 1019 155038

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
24 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
36 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
57 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
57 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
86 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
99 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000
ML 2.3 2017-01-19
07:48:52
37.8233 15.1017 1 2018-01-10
09:44:30
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 48537741
Reviewed
Rev200
ML 2.6 2017-01-19
07:48:00
37.81 15.095 1 2017-01-19
08:23:03
Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania) 39296131
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2017-01-19 07:48:52 ± 0.22
Latitude 37.8233 ± 0.0135
Longitude 15.1017 ± 0.0148
Depth (km) 1 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 48537741

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1650
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1190
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 328
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1650.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 120
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 11
Number of defining phases 11
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.37
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.11961
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.54409
Number of stations at which the event was observed 11
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 11
Magnitudes information

ML:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 48537741
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2017-09-08 14:46:54

ML:2.6

Field Value
Value 2.6
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 39296131
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2017-01-19 08:23:03
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.CAGR.HHE. 2017-01-19T07:49:05.66 1.0 undecidable manual P 247 57.2982 90 1.27 20
IV.MSRU.HHE. 2017-01-19T07:49:03.96 1.0 undecidable manual P 36 60.3951 50 -1.02 22
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2017-01-19T07:49:03.32 0.6 undecidable manual P 255 48.618 91 0.69 53
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2017-01-19T07:49:02.51 0.6 undecidable manual P 298 50.4162 91 -0.48 57
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2017-01-19T07:49:00.71 0.6 undecidable manual P 289 37.5291 91 0.28 61
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2017-01-19T07:48:57.75 0.6 undecidable manual P 8 22.8549 91 0.26 63
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2017-01-19T07:48:57.11 0.3 undecidable manual P 35 20.0688 91 0.19 96
IV.ESLN.HHZ. 2017-01-19T07:48:56.62 1.0 undecidable manual P 218 18.2706 92 0.06 33
IV.EPOZ.HHZ. 2017-01-19T07:48:56.41 0.6 undecidable manual P 156 18.4704 92 -0.19 64
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2017-01-19T07:48:56.48 0.3 undecidable manual P 270 21.4674 91 -0.72 82
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2017-01-19T07:48:55.62 0.3 undecidable manual P 269 13.2756 92 0.05 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:2.1 0.0011385165000000002 0.5184 AML other m 2017-01-19T07:49:04.96
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:2.2 0.001311433 1.2032 AML other m 2017-01-19T07:49:07.61
IV.GALF.HHE. ML:2.5 0.0009706833500000001 0.6592 AML other m 2017-01-19T07:49:30.03
IV.GALF.HHN. ML:2.5 0.0008022682500000001 0.8448 AML other m 2017-01-19T07:49:31.84
IV.MNO.SHN. ML:0.0 0.0022224035 1.1584 AML other m 2017-01-19T07:49:16.54
IV.MNO.SHE. ML:0.0 0.0016386965 0.8832 AML other m 2017-01-19T07:49:20.86
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:2.3 0.0013717890000000002 0.8576 AML other m 2017-01-19T07:49:09.17
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:2.1 0.0010086979000000001 0.5248 AML other m 2017-01-19T07:49:09.69
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