Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 06-09-2023 and time 19:33:43 (Italy) in region 7 km W Milo (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: 7 km W Milo (CT), on

  • 06-09-2023 17:33:43 (UTC)
  • 06-09-2023 19:33:43 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7320, 15.0340 at 6 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
Milo CT 7 1087 1087
Zafferana Etnea CT 7 9517 10604
Sant'Alfio CT 10 1582 12186
Santa Venerina CT 11 8592 20778
Pedara CT 13 14102 34880
Nicolosi CT 13 7463 42343
Giarre CT 13 27659 70002
Trecastagni CT 13 10910 80912
Ragalna CT 14 3924 84836
Viagrande CT 15 8563 93399
Mascali CT 15 14282 107681
Riposto CT 15 14838 122519
Piedimonte Etneo CT 15 3963 126482
Linguaglossa CT 16 5403 131885
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 16 17984 149869
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 16 3524 153393
Belpasso CT 16 28108 181501
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 17 9623 191124
Aci Catena CT 17 29851 220975
Biancavilla CT 18 24007 244982
San Pietro Clarenza CT 18 7743 252725
Tremestieri Etneo CT 18 20589 273314
Acireale CT 18 52622 325936
Mascalucia CT 18 31958 357894
San Giovanni la Punta CT 18 23060 380954
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 18 7641 388595
Randazzo CT 18 10900 399495
Camporotondo Etneo CT 18 5023 404518
Maletto CT 18 3920 408438
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 19 3215 411653
Moio Alcantara ME 19 717 412370
Valverde CT 19 7840 420210
Bronte CT 19 19172 439382
Gravina di Catania CT 19 25838 465220
Adrano CT 19 36122 501342
San Gregorio di Catania CT 20 11966 513308
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 20 9479 522787
Calatabiano CT 20 5308 528095

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
18 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
26 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
68 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
69 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
78 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
90 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
94 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
97 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
100 Km N of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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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 1.2 2023-09-06
17:33:43
37.732 15.034 6 2023-09-07
14:44:09
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 120852791
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-09-06 17:33:43
Latitude 37.7320
Longitude 15.0340
Depth (km) 6 (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 120852791

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) 1600.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 108
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:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 120852791
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-09-07 14:44:09
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