Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.4 on date 10-05-2023 and time 03:53:54 (Italy) in region 3 km SE Santa Venerina (CT)

A magnitude ML 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 3 km SE Santa Venerina (CT), on

  • 10-05-2023 01:53:54 (UTC)
  • 10-05-2023 03:53:54 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6610, 15.1580 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
Santa Venerina CT 3 8592 8592
Acireale CT 5 52622 61214
Zafferana Etnea CT 6 9517 70731
Aci Catena CT 7 29851 100582
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 7 17984 118566
Viagrande CT 8 8563 127129
Milo CT 8 1087 128216
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 8 3524 131740
Giarre CT 8 27659 159399
Trecastagni CT 8 10910 170309
Riposto CT 9 14838 185147
Valverde CT 9 7840 192987
Sant'Alfio CT 9 1582 194569
Pedara CT 10 14102 208671
San Giovanni la Punta CT 11 23060 231731
Mascali CT 11 14282 246013
San Gregorio di Catania CT 11 11966 257979
Aci Castello CT 12 18723 276702
Tremestieri Etneo CT 12 20589 297291
Nicolosi CT 13 7463 304754
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 13 9479 314233
Mascalucia CT 13 31958 346191
Gravina di Catania CT 14 25838 372029
San Pietro Clarenza CT 15 7743 379772
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 16 9623 389395
Piedimonte Etneo CT 17 3963 393358
Camporotondo Etneo CT 17 5023 398381
Belpasso CT 18 28108 426489
Catania CT 19 314555 741044
Calatabiano CT 19 5308 746352
Ragalna CT 20 3924 750276

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
5 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
19 Km NE of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
66 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
68 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
69 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
90 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
96 Km NE of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
96 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
98 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 2.4 2023-05-10
01:53:54
37.661 15.158 1 2024-02-27
11:33:24
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 117200431
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-05-10 01:53:54
Latitude 37.6610
Longitude 15.1580
Depth (km) 1 (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 117200431

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) 160
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) 0.33
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:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty 0.5
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 117200431
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-05-10 02:04:14
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