Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.0 on date 17-10-2023 and time 18:16:25 (Italy) in region 7 km W Linguaglossa (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.0 earthquake occured in region: 7 km W Linguaglossa (CT), on

  • 17-10-2023 16:16:25 (UTC)
  • 17-10-2023 18:16:25 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8390, 15.0700 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 7 5403 5403
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 7 3215 8618
Moio Alcantara ME 7 717 9335
Malvagna ME 9 733 10068
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 9 3945 14013
Piedimonte Etneo CT 10 3963 17976
Motta Camastra ME 11 845 18821
Randazzo CT 12 10900 29721
Roccella Valdemone ME 12 666 30387
Sant'Alfio CT 12 1582 31969
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 13 980 32949
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 13 9623 42572
Milo CT 13 1087 43659
Gaggi ME 14 3184 46843
Calatabiano CT 14 5308 52151
Mascali CT 14 14282 66433
Graniti ME 15 1492 67925
Giarre CT 16 27659 95584
Zafferana Etnea CT 16 9517 105101
Riposto CT 17 14838 119939
Santa Venerina CT 18 8592 128531
Maletto CT 18 3920 132451
Castelmola ME 18 1088 133539
Giardini-Naxos ME 18 9415 142954
Taormina ME 19 10960 153914
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 19 1019 154933
Mongiuffi Melia ME 20 600 155533

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
27 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
37 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
58 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
59 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
89 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
97 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 1.0 2023-10-17
16:16:25
37.839 15.07 6 2023-10-17
16:38:48
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 122157781
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-10-17 16:16:25
Latitude 37.8390
Longitude 15.0700
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 122157781

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) 104
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) 0.2
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:1.0

Field Value
Value 1.0
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 122157781
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-10-17 16:38:48
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