Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 17-10-2023 and time 17:53:14 (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 15:53:14 (UTC)
  • 17-10-2023 17:53:14 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8320, 15.0840 at 11 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 7 3215 8618
Moio Alcantara ME 8 717 9335
Piedimonte Etneo CT 9 3963 13298
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 9 3945 17243
Malvagna ME 10 733 17976
Motta Camastra ME 11 845 18821
Sant'Alfio CT 11 1582 20403
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 12 9623 30026
Milo CT 12 1087 31113
Gaggi ME 13 3184 34297
Calatabiano CT 13 5308 39605
Mascali CT 13 14282 53887
Roccella Valdemone ME 13 666 54553
Randazzo CT 13 10900 65453
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 14 980 66433
Graniti ME 14 1492 67925
Giarre CT 14 27659 95584
Zafferana Etnea CT 15 9517 105101
Riposto CT 15 14838 119939
Santa Venerina CT 17 8592 128531
Giardini-Naxos ME 17 9415 137946
Castelmola ME 17 1088 139034
Taormina ME 18 10960 149994
Mongiuffi Melia ME 19 600 150594
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 19 1019 151613
Maletto CT 19 3920 155533
Roccafiorita ME 20 197 155730

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
25 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
37 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
58 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
58 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
88 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
98 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
15:53:14
37.832 15.084 11 2023-10-17
16:40:04
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 122157871
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-10-17 15:53:14
Latitude 37.8320
Longitude 15.0840
Depth (km) 11 (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 122157871

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) 800.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 112
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) 0.18
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 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 122157871
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-10-17 16:40:04
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