Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 13-10-2023 and time 18:07:12 (Italy) in region 9 km W Milo (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.3 earthquake occured in region: 9 km W Milo (CT), on

  • 13-10-2023 16:07:12 (UTC)
  • 13-10-2023 18:07:12 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7480, 15.0170 at 3 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 9 1087 1087
Zafferana Etnea CT 10 9517 10604
Sant'Alfio CT 11 1582 12186
Santa Venerina CT 13 8592 20778
Ragalna CT 15 3924 24702
Nicolosi CT 15 7463 32165
Giarre CT 15 27659 59824
Pedara CT 15 14102 73926
Linguaglossa CT 15 5403 79329
Trecastagni CT 16 10910 90239
Mascali CT 16 14282 104521
Randazzo CT 16 10900 115421
Piedimonte Etneo CT 16 3963 119384
Maletto CT 16 3920 123304
Riposto CT 17 14838 138142
Bronte CT 17 19172 157314
Viagrande CT 17 8563 165877
Moio Alcantara ME 17 717 166594
Biancavilla CT 18 24007 190601
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 18 9623 200224
Belpasso CT 18 28108 228332
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 18 3215 231547
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 18 17984 249531
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 18 7641 257172
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 19 3524 260696
Adrano CT 19 36122 296818
Malvagna ME 19 733 297551
San Pietro Clarenza CT 19 7743 305294
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 19 980 306274
Aci Catena CT 20 29851 336125
Tremestieri Etneo CT 20 20589 356714
Mascalucia CT 20 31958 388672
Acireale CT 20 52622 441294
Camporotondo Etneo CT 20 5023 446317

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
20 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
28 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
68 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
69 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
80 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
89 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
95 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
98 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 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 1.3 2023-10-13
16:07:12
37.748 15.017 3 2023-10-13
16:11:58
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 122054461
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-10-13 16:07:12
Latitude 37.7480
Longitude 15.0170
Depth (km) 3 (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 122054461

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) 400.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 113
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) 0.08
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:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 122054461
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-10-13 16:11:58
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