Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.7 on date 05-07-2023 and time 19:50:08 (Italy) in region 7 km S Cesarò (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.7 earthquake occured in region: 7 km S Cesarò (ME), on

  • 05-07-2023 17:50:08 (UTC)
  • 05-07-2023 19:50:08 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7820, 14.7230 at 28 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
Cesarò ME 7 2439 2439
San Teodoro ME 8 1403 3842
Bronte CT 10 19172 23014
Troina EN 11 9373 32387
Maniace CT 12 3765 36152
Maletto CT 14 3920 40072
Regalbuto EN 16 7277 47349
Adrano CT 16 36122 83471
Centuripe EN 18 5470 88941
Gagliano Castelferrato EN 18 3593 92534
Cerami EN 19 2006 94540

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
43 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
45 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
66 Km NE of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
86 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
89 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
90 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
94 Km N of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
95 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
95 Km N of Ragusa (73313 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 2023-07-05
17:50:08
37.782 14.723 28 2023-07-05
18:24:01
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 118998511
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-07-05 17:50:08
Latitude 37.7820
Longitude 14.7230
Depth (km) 28 (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 118998511

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) 600.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 98
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) 0.24
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 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 118998511
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-07-05 18:15:58
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