Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.4 on date 27-06-2023 and time 07:13:56 (UTC) in region 3 km NE Ragalna (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.4 earthquake occured in region: 3 km NE Ragalna (CT), on

  • 27-06-2023 07:13:56 (UTC)
  • 27-06-2023 09:13:56 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6540, 14.9580 at 15 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
Ragalna CT 3 3924 3924
Belpasso CT 7 28108 32032
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 7 7641 39673
Nicolosi CT 8 7463 47136
Biancavilla CT 8 24007 71143
PaternĂ² CT 10 48228 119371
Pedara CT 10 14102 133473
Camporotondo Etneo CT 10 5023 138496
San Pietro Clarenza CT 11 7743 146239
Adrano CT 11 36122 182361
Trecastagni CT 11 10910 193271
Mascalucia CT 12 31958 225229
Viagrande CT 13 8563 233792
Tremestieri Etneo CT 13 20589 254381
Zafferana Etnea CT 14 9517 263898
Gravina di Catania CT 14 25838 289736
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 15 3524 293260
San Giovanni la Punta CT 15 23060 316320
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 15 9479 325799
Misterbianco CT 15 49410 375209
Motta Sant'Anastasia CT 16 12116 387325
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 16 17984 405309
Milo CT 16 1087 406396
Santa Venerina CT 16 8592 414988
San Gregorio di Catania CT 17 11966 426954
Valverde CT 17 7840 434794
Aci Catena CT 17 29851 464645
Bronte CT 19 19172 483817
Acireale CT 19 52622 536439
Sant'Alfio CT 19 1582 538021
Centuripe EN 19 5470 543491
Aci Castello CT 20 18723 562214

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
19 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
20 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
72 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
79 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
80 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
81 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
83 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
87 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
90 Km N of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
90 Km NE of Gela (75827 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 1.4 2023-06-27
07:13:56
37.654 14.958 15 2024-04-17
15:29:03
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 118748981
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-06-27 07:13:56
Latitude 37.6540
Longitude 14.9580
Depth (km) 15 (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 118748981

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) 123
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) 0.18
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:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 118748981
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-06-27 07:25:18
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