Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 01-05-2023 and time 17:27:51 (Italy) in region 2 km SE Zafferana Etnea (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.6 earthquake occured in region: 2 km SE Zafferana Etnea (CT), on

  • 01-05-2023 15:27:51 (UTC)
  • 01-05-2023 17:27:51 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6800, 15.1160 at 5 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
Zafferana Etnea CT 2 9517 9517
Santa Venerina CT 2 8592 18109
Milo CT 5 1087 19196
Trecastagni CT 8 10910 30106
Sant'Alfio CT 8 1582 31688
Viagrande CT 8 8563 40251
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 8 17984 58235
Giarre CT 8 27659 85894
Pedara CT 8 14102 99996
Acireale CT 9 52622 152618
Aci Catena CT 9 29851 182469
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 9 3524 185993
Riposto CT 10 14838 200831
Nicolosi CT 11 7463 208294
Valverde CT 11 7840 216134
Mascali CT 11 14282 230416
San Giovanni la Punta CT 12 23060 253476
Tremestieri Etneo CT 12 20589 274065
San Gregorio di Catania CT 13 11966 286031
Mascalucia CT 13 31958 317989
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 14 9479 327468
Aci Castello CT 14 18723 346191
Gravina di Catania CT 14 25838 372029
San Pietro Clarenza CT 14 7743 379772
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 15 9623 389395
Piedimonte Etneo CT 15 3963 393358
Belpasso CT 16 28108 421466
Camporotondo Etneo CT 16 5023 426489
Ragalna CT 16 3924 430413
Linguaglossa CT 18 5403 435816
Calatabiano CT 19 5308 441124
Catania CT 20 314555 755679
Misterbianco CT 20 49410 805089

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
9 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
20 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
67 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
69 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
71 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
91 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
95 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
96 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
96 Km NE of Modica (54633 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 1.6 2023-05-01
15:27:51
37.68 15.116 5 2024-02-21
10:43:41
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 116941041
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-05-01 15:27:51
Latitude 37.6800
Longitude 15.1160
Depth (km) 5 (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 116941041

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) 300.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 113
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) 0.24
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:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 116941041
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-05-01 15:30:36
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