Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.4 on date 15-07-2023 and time 01:03:09 (Italy) in region Costa Catanese (Catania)

A magnitude ML 1.4 earthquake occured in region: Costa Catanese (Catania), on

  • 14-07-2023 23:03:09 (UTC)
  • 15-07-2023 01:03:09 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7640, 15.2260 at 9 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
Mascali CT 3 14282 14282
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 4 9623 23905
Riposto CT 4 14838 38743
Giarre CT 5 27659 66402
Piedimonte Etneo CT 7 3963 70365
Calatabiano CT 7 5308 75673
Sant'Alfio CT 7 1582 77255
Giardini-Naxos ME 10 9415 86670
Milo CT 11 1087 87757
Gaggi ME 11 3184 90941
Taormina ME 11 10960 101901
Linguaglossa CT 11 5403 107304
Santa Venerina CT 11 8592 115896
Castelmola ME 12 1088 116984
Zafferana Etnea CT 13 9517 126501
Graniti ME 14 1492 127993
Letojanni ME 15 2861 130854
Motta Camastra ME 16 845 131699
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 16 3215 134914
Mongiuffi Melia ME 16 600 135514
Gallodoro ME 17 367 135881
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 17 3945 139826
Acireale CT 18 52622 192448
Roccafiorita ME 19 197 192645
Aci Catena CT 19 29851 222496
Forza d'Agrò ME 19 911 223407
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 20 17984 241391

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
18 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
31 Km NE of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
53 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
56 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
78 Km N of Siracusa (122291 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 2023-07-14
23:03:09
37.764 15.226 9 2023-07-14
23:08:55
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 119274651
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-07-14 23:03:09
Latitude 37.7640
Longitude 15.2260
Depth (km) 9 (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 119274651

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) 700.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 196
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) 0.12
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 119274651
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-07-14 23:08:55
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