Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 17-10-2023 and time 17:50:47 (Italy) in region 5 km W Linguaglossa (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: 5 km W Linguaglossa (CT), on

  • 17-10-2023 15:50:47 (UTC)
  • 17-10-2023 17:50:47 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8460, 15.0910 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
Linguaglossa CT 5 5403 5403
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 5 3215 8618
Moio Alcantara ME 7 717 9335
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 7 3945 13280
Piedimonte Etneo CT 9 3963 17243
Malvagna ME 9 733 17976
Motta Camastra ME 9 845 18821
Gaggi ME 12 3184 22005
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 12 9623 31628
Roccella Valdemone ME 12 666 32294
Sant'Alfio CT 12 1582 33876
Calatabiano CT 12 5308 39184
Graniti ME 13 1492 40676
Randazzo CT 13 10900 51576
Mascali CT 13 14282 65858
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 14 980 66838
Milo CT 14 1087 67925
Giarre CT 15 27659 95584
Riposto CT 16 14838 110422
Castelmola ME 16 1088 111510
Giardini-Naxos ME 16 9415 120925
Zafferana Etnea CT 17 9517 130442
Taormina ME 17 10960 141402
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 17 1019 142421
Mongiuffi Melia ME 18 600 143021
Santa Venerina CT 18 8592 151613
Roccafiorita ME 18 197 151810
Gallodoro ME 19 367 152177
Limina ME 19 836 153013
Letojanni ME 19 2861 155874
Novara di Sicilia ME 19 1337 157211
Maletto CT 20 3920 161131
Antillo ME 20 919 162050

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
27 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
38 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
56 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
57 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
89 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
99 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 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 1.2 2023-10-17
15:50:47
37.846 15.091 6 2023-10-17
16:12:38
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 122156811
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-10-17 15:50:47
Latitude 37.8460
Longitude 15.0910
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 122156811

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) 117
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) 0.19
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 0.4
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 122156811
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-10-17 16:12:38
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