Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 16-04-2023 and time 23:09:47 (UTC) in region 9 km SW Linguaglossa (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.3 earthquake occured in region: 9 km SW Linguaglossa (CT), on

  • 16-04-2023 23:09:47 (UTC)
  • 17-04-2023 01:09:47 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7980, 15.0650 at 0 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
Linguaglossa CT 9 5403 5403
Sant'Alfio CT 9 1582 6985
Milo CT 9 1087 8072
Piedimonte Etneo CT 10 3963 12035
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 11 3215 15250
Moio Alcantara ME 11 717 15967
Zafferana Etnea CT 12 9517 25484
Mascali CT 12 14282 39766
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 13 9623 49389
Giarre CT 13 27659 77048
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 13 3945 80993
Malvagna ME 14 733 81726
Randazzo CT 14 10900 92626
Santa Venerina CT 14 8592 101218
Riposto CT 14 14838 116056
Motta Camastra ME 15 845 116901
Calatabiano CT 15 5308 122209
Gaggi ME 16 3184 125393
Roccella Valdemone ME 16 666 126059
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 16 980 127039
Graniti ME 18 1492 128531
Maletto CT 18 3920 132451
Giardini-Naxos ME 19 9415 141866
Castelmola ME 20 1088 142954
Pedara CT 20 14102 157056
Trecastagni CT 20 10910 167966

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
22 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
33 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
62 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
62 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
84 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
95 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 1.3 2023-04-16
23:09:47
37.798 15.065 0 2023-04-16
23:56:24
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 116443501
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-04-16 23:09:47
Latitude 37.7980
Longitude 15.0650
Depth (km) 0 (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 116443501

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) 800.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 108
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) 0.21
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:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 116443501
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-04-16 23:56:24
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