Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 29-06-2023 and time 21:00:53 (Italy) in region 1 km NW Zafferana Etnea (CT)

A magnitude ML 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 1 km NW Zafferana Etnea (CT), on

  • 29-06-2023 19:00:53 (UTC)
  • 29-06-2023 21:00:53 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7020, 15.0980 at 2 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
Pedara CT 10 14102 73449
Viagrande CT 10 8563 82012
Riposto CT 10 14838 96850
Mascali CT 11 14282 111132
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 11 17984 129116
Nicolosi CT 12 7463 136579
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 12 3524 140103
Aci Catena CT 12 29851 169954
Acireale CT 12 52622 222576
Valverde CT 14 7840 230416
Piedimonte Etneo CT 14 3963 234379
San Giovanni la Punta CT 14 23060 257439
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 14 9623 267062
Tremestieri Etneo CT 14 20589 287651
Mascalucia CT 15 31958 319609
San Gregorio di Catania CT 15 11966 331575
San Pietro Clarenza CT 16 7743 339318
Gravina di Catania CT 16 25838 365156
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 16 9479 374635
Ragalna CT 16 3924 378559
Belpasso CT 16 28108 406667
Linguaglossa CT 16 5403 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)
73 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)
98 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 2.0 2023-06-29
19:00:53
37.702 15.098 2 2023-06-29
19:07:32
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 118812891
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-06-29 19:00:53
Latitude 37.7020
Longitude 15.0980
Depth (km) 2 (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 118812891

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) 135
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) 0.31
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:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 118812891
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-06-29 19:07:32
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