Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.7 on date 15-06-2023 and time 21:21:53 (Italy) in region 7 km W Milo (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.7 earthquake occured in region: 7 km W Milo (CT), on

  • 15-06-2023 19:21:53 (UTC)
  • 15-06-2023 21:21:53 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7550, 15.0430 at 3 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
Milo CT 7 1087 1087
Zafferana Etnea CT 9 9517 10604
Sant'Alfio CT 9 1582 12186
Santa Venerina CT 11 8592 20778
Giarre CT 13 27659 48437
Linguaglossa CT 13 5403 53840
Piedimonte Etneo CT 13 3963 57803
Mascali CT 14 14282 72085
Riposto CT 14 14838 86923
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 15 9623 96546
Pedara CT 15 14102 110648
Trecastagni CT 16 10910 121558
Nicolosi CT 16 7463 129021
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 16 3215 132236
Moio Alcantara ME 16 717 132953
Randazzo CT 16 10900 143853
Ragalna CT 17 3924 147777
Viagrande CT 17 8563 156340
Maletto CT 18 3920 160260
Calatabiano CT 18 5308 165568
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 18 17984 183552
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 18 3945 187497
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 18 3524 191021
Malvagna ME 18 733 191754
Bronte CT 19 19172 210926
Aci Catena CT 19 29851 240777
Belpasso CT 19 28108 268885
Acireale CT 19 52622 321507
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 19 980 322487
Motta Camastra ME 20 845 323332
Biancavilla CT 20 24007 347339
Gaggi ME 20 3184 350523
Tremestieri Etneo CT 20 20589 371112

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
19 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
28 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
66 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
67 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
80 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
91 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
96 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
100 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 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 1.7 2023-06-15
19:21:53
37.755 15.043 3 2024-04-07
22:44:51
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 118428721
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-06-15 19:21:53
Latitude 37.7550
Longitude 15.0430
Depth (km) 3 (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 118428721

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) 62
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) 0.11
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:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 118428721
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-06-15 19:31:34
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