Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 17-10-2023 and time 18:19:30 (Italy) in region 6 km W Linguaglossa (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: 6 km W Linguaglossa (CT), on

  • 17-10-2023 16:19:30 (UTC)
  • 17-10-2023 18:19:30 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8440, 15.0780 at 8 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
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 6 3215 3215
Linguaglossa CT 6 5403 8618
Moio Alcantara ME 7 717 9335
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 8 3945 13280
Malvagna ME 9 733 14013
Piedimonte Etneo CT 10 3963 17976
Motta Camastra ME 10 845 18821
Roccella Valdemone ME 12 666 19487
Randazzo CT 12 10900 30387
Sant'Alfio CT 13 1582 31969
Gaggi ME 13 3184 35153
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 13 9623 44776
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 13 980 45756
Calatabiano CT 13 5308 51064
Milo CT 14 1087 52151
Mascali CT 14 14282 66433
Graniti ME 14 1492 67925
Giarre CT 16 27659 95584
Riposto CT 17 14838 110422
Zafferana Etnea CT 17 9517 119939
Castelmola ME 18 1088 121027
Giardini-Naxos ME 18 9415 130442
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 18 1019 131461
Taormina ME 18 10960 142421
Santa Venerina CT 18 8592 151013
Mongiuffi Melia ME 19 600 151613
Maletto CT 19 3920 155533
Roccafiorita ME 19 197 155730
Novara di Sicilia ME 20 1337 157067

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
27 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
38 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
57 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
58 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
89 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
16:19:30
37.844 15.078 8 2023-10-17
16:42:34
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 122158011
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-10-17 16:19:30
Latitude 37.8440
Longitude 15.0780
Depth (km) 8 (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 122158011

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) 110
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:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 122158011
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-10-17 16:42:34
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