Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.5 on date 23-01-2018 and time 01:49:51 (UTC) in region 4 km SW Linguaglossa (CT)

A magnitude ML 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 4 km SW Linguaglossa (CT), on

  • 23-01-2018 01:49:51 (UTC)
  • 23-01-2018 02:49:51 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8110, 15.1170 at 1 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania).

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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
Piedimonte Etneo CT 5 3963 9366
Sant'Alfio CT 8 1582 10948
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 8 3215 14163
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 8 9623 23786
Mascali CT 9 14282 38068
Milo CT 10 1087 39155
Calatabiano CT 10 5308 44463
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 10 3945 48408
Giarre CT 11 27659 76067
Motta Camastra ME 11 845 76912
Gaggi ME 11 3184 80096
Moio Alcantara ME 12 717 80813
Riposto CT 12 14838 95651
Zafferana Etnea CT 13 9517 105168
Graniti ME 13 1492 106660
Malvagna ME 13 733 107393
Santa Venerina CT 14 8592 115985
Giardini-Naxos ME 15 9415 125400
Castelmola ME 15 1088 126488
Taormina ME 15 10960 137448
Roccella Valdemone ME 17 666 138114
Randazzo CT 17 10900 149014
Mongiuffi Melia ME 17 600 149614
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 18 980 150594
Letojanni ME 18 2861 153455
Gallodoro ME 19 367 153822
Roccafiorita ME 19 197 154019
Limina ME 20 836 154855

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
22 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
34 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
57 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
58 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
85 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
Reviewed
Rev200
ML 2.5 2018-01-23
01:49:51
37.811 15.117 1 2018-01-23
02:22:59
Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania) 53361201
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2018-01-23 01:49:51 ± 0
Latitude 37.8110
Longitude 15.1170
Depth (km) 1 ± 0 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 200 -> SURVEY-INGV-CT
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 53361201

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)
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)
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:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 53361201
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-01-23 02:22:59
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