Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.0 on date 17-04-2023 and time 00:09:08 (UTC) in region 8 km W Linguaglossa (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.0 earthquake occured in region: 8 km W Linguaglossa (CT), on

  • 17-04-2023 00:09:08 (UTC)
  • 17-04-2023 02:09:08 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8140, 15.0560 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 8 5403 5403
Moio Alcantara ME 10 717 6120
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 10 3215 9335
Piedimonte Etneo CT 11 3963 13298
Sant'Alfio CT 11 1582 14880
Milo CT 11 1087 15967
Malvagna ME 12 733 16700
Randazzo CT 12 10900 27600
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 12 3945 31545
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 14 9623 41168
Zafferana Etnea CT 14 9517 50685
Mascali CT 14 14282 64967
Motta Camastra ME 14 845 65812
Roccella Valdemone ME 14 666 66478
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 14 980 67458
Giarre CT 15 27659 95117
Calatabiano CT 15 5308 100425
Gaggi ME 16 3184 103609
Santa Venerina CT 16 8592 112201
Riposto CT 16 14838 127039
Maletto CT 17 3920 130959
Graniti ME 17 1492 132451
Bronte CT 20 19172 151623
Giardini-Naxos ME 20 9415 161038

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
24 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
35 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
61 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
61 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
86 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 1.0 2023-04-17
00:09:08
37.814 15.056 0 2023-04-17
00:22:34
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 116443701
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-04-17 00:09:08
Latitude 37.8140
Longitude 15.0560
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 116443701

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) 121
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) 0.2
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 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 116443701
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-04-17 00:22:34
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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