Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.1 on date 19-10-2023 and time 19:30:19 (Italy) in region 2 km SE Adrano (CT)

A magnitude ML 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 2 km SE Adrano (CT), on

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

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6430, 14.8430 at 4 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
Biancavilla CT 2 24007 24007
Adrano CT 2 36122 60129
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 5 7641 67770
Ragalna CT 9 3924 71694
PaternĂ² CT 9 48228 119922
Centuripe EN 9 5470 125392
Belpasso CT 13 28108 153500
Catenanuova EN 16 4866 158366
Bronte CT 16 19172 177538
Nicolosi CT 17 7463 185001
Camporotondo Etneo CT 17 5023 190024
Regalbuto EN 18 7277 197301
San Pietro Clarenza CT 18 7743 205044
Motta Sant'Anastasia CT 18 12116 217160
Pedara CT 19 14102 231262
Misterbianco CT 20 49410 280672

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
27 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
29 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
71 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
76 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
80 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
82 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
83 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
87 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
87 Km N of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
88 Km SW of Messina (238439 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 2.1 2023-10-19
17:30:19
37.643 14.843 4 2023-10-19
17:42:04
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 122206941
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-10-19 17:30:19
Latitude 37.6430
Longitude 14.8430
Depth (km) 4 (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 122206941

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) 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) 0.3
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:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 122206941
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-10-19 17:42:04
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