Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.9 on date 29-06-2023 and time 17:29:21 (UTC) in region 1 km NW Zafferana Etnea (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.9 earthquake occured in region: 1 km NW Zafferana Etnea (CT), on

  • 29-06-2023 17:29:21 (UTC)
  • 29-06-2023 19:29:21 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7040, 15.0990 at 4 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 1 9517 9517
Milo CT 3 1087 10604
Santa Venerina CT 4 8592 19196
Sant'Alfio CT 6 1582 20778
Giarre CT 8 27659 48437
Trecastagni CT 10 10910 59347
Riposto CT 10 14838 74185
Pedara CT 10 14102 88287
Viagrande CT 10 8563 96850
Mascali CT 11 14282 111132
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 11 17984 129116
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 12 3524 132640
Acireale CT 12 52622 185262
Nicolosi CT 12 7463 192725
Aci Catena CT 12 29851 222576
Piedimonte Etneo CT 14 3963 226539
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 14 9623 236162
San Giovanni la Punta CT 14 23060 259222
Valverde CT 14 7840 267062
Tremestieri Etneo CT 14 20589 287651
Mascalucia CT 15 31958 319609
San Gregorio di Catania CT 15 11966 331575
Linguaglossa CT 16 5403 336978
San Pietro Clarenza CT 16 7743 344721
Gravina di Catania CT 16 25838 370559
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 16 9479 380038
Ragalna CT 16 3924 383962
Belpasso CT 16 28108 412070
Aci Castello CT 17 18723 430793
Camporotondo Etneo CT 17 5023 435816
Calatabiano CT 18 5308 441124

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
12 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
22 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
66 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
68 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
74 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
92 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
94 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
97 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
99 Km N 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 1.9 2023-06-29
17:29:21
37.704 15.099 4 2024-05-06
10:56:17
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 118810561
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-06-29 17:29:21
Latitude 37.7040
Longitude 15.0990
Depth (km) 4 (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 118810561

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) 86
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) 0.3
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:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 118810561
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-06-29 17:37:51
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