Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.9 on date 25-04-2023 and time 21:55:18 (UTC) in region 4 km N Roccella Valdemone (ME)

A magnitude ML 0.9 earthquake occured in region: 4 km N Roccella Valdemone (ME), on

  • 25-04-2023 21:55:18 (UTC)
  • 25-04-2023 23:55:18 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9730, 15.0190 at 9 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
Roccella Valdemone ME 4 666 666
Montalbano Elicona ME 6 2287 2953
Malvagna ME 7 733 3686
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 8 980 4666
Moio Alcantara ME 9 717 5383
Floresta ME 10 485 5868
San Piero Patti ME 10 2915 8783
Basicò ME 11 612 9395
Novara di Sicilia ME 11 1337 10732
Tripi ME 11 873 11605
Randazzo CT 12 10900 22505
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 13 3945 26450
Raccuja ME 13 1041 27491
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 14 3215 30706
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 14 1019 31725
Ucria ME 15 1058 32783
Librizzi ME 15 1660 34443
Motta Camastra ME 16 845 35288
MazzarrĂ  Sant'Andrea ME 17 1531 36819
Falcone ME 17 2808 39627
Oliveri ME 17 2181 41808
Furnari ME 18 3784 45592
Tortorici ME 18 6435 52027
Linguaglossa CT 18 5403 57430
Montagnareale ME 19 1615 59045
Patti ME 19 13431 72476
Sinagra ME 19 2705 75181
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 20 3090 78271
Antillo ME 20 919 79190

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
42 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
53 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
53 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
57 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
100 Km NE 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 0.9 2023-04-25
21:55:18
37.973 15.0193 9 2024-03-01
17:18:20
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 124949961
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.1 2023-04-25
21:55:18
37.969 15.0153 10 2023-04-25
22:01:45
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 116751601
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-04-25 21:55:18 ± 0.16
Latitude 37.9730 ± 0.0036
Longitude 15.0193 ± 0.0034
Depth (km) 9 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 124949961

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 467
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 122
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 214
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 470.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 124
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 9
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.13
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.12141
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.19605
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitudes information

ML:0.9

Field Value
Value 0.9
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 124949961
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-01-30 13:38:38

ML:1.1

Field Value
Value 1.1
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 116751601
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-04-25 22:01:45
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2023-04-25T21:55:25.68 0.3 undecidable manual S 91 18.6702 116 0.21 72
IV.LIBRI.HHE. 2023-04-25T21:55:24.24 0.3 undecidable manual S 327 14.5743 122 0.02 75
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2023-04-25T21:55:24.24 0.3 undecidable manual S 301 14.874 121 -0.07 75
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2023-04-25T21:55:23.83 0.3 undecidable manual S 139 13.4754 124 -0.06 75
IV.EPZF.HHE. 2023-04-25T21:55:23.12 0.3 undecidable manual P 221 21.7671 113 0.14 73
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2023-04-25T21:55:22.26 0.1 undecidable manual P 91 18.6702 116 -0.16 97
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2023-04-25T21:55:21.45 0.1 undecidable manual P 139 13.4754 124 -0.05 100
IV.LIBRI.HHE. 2023-04-25T21:55:21.69 0.3 undecidable manual P 327 14.5743 122 -0.01 75
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2023-04-25T21:55:21.79 0.1 positive manual P 301 14.874 121 0.04 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.ECTS.HHN. ML:1.0 0.00009879892500000002 1.7056 AML other m 2023-04-25T21:55:24.06
IV.ECTS.HHE. ML:0.8 0.000070585675 1.0624 AML other m 2023-04-25T21:55:24.32
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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