Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 19-10-2023 and time 22:49:11 (Italy) in region 6 km W Zafferana Etnea (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: 6 km W Zafferana Etnea (CT), on

  • 19-10-2023 20:49:11 (UTC)
  • 19-10-2023 22:49:11 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6760, 15.0380 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
Zafferana Etnea CT 6 9517 9517
Pedara CT 7 14102 23619
Nicolosi CT 7 7463 31082
Trecastagni CT 7 10910 41992
Milo CT 9 1087 43079
Viagrande CT 9 8563 51642
Santa Venerina CT 9 8592 60234
Ragalna CT 10 3924 64158
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 11 3524 67682
Belpasso CT 11 28108 95790
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 11 17984 113774
Tremestieri Etneo CT 11 20589 134363
Mascalucia CT 11 31958 166321
San Pietro Clarenza CT 12 7743 174064
San Giovanni la Punta CT 12 23060 197124
Sant'Alfio CT 12 1582 198706
Aci Catena CT 12 29851 228557
Camporotondo Etneo CT 12 5023 233580
Gravina di Catania CT 13 25838 259418
Valverde CT 13 7840 267258
Acireale CT 13 52622 319880
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 14 9479 329359
San Gregorio di Catania CT 14 11966 341325
Giarre CT 14 27659 368984
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 15 7641 376625
Biancavilla CT 15 24007 400632
Riposto CT 16 14838 415470
PaternĂ² CT 16 48228 463698
Aci Castello CT 16 18723 482421
Mascali CT 17 14282 496703
Misterbianco CT 17 49410 546113
Adrano CT 18 36122 582235
Motta Sant'Anastasia CT 19 12116 594351
Piedimonte Etneo CT 19 3963 598314
Catania CT 20 314555 912869
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 20 9623 922492

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
13 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
20 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
72 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
72 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
74 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
88 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
88 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
92 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
94 Km N of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
97 Km NE of Gela (75827 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 1.5 2023-10-19
20:49:11
37.676 15.038 8 2023-10-19
20:57:42
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 122209841
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-10-19 20:49:11
Latitude 37.6760
Longitude 15.0380
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 122209841

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) 1400.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 107
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) 0.11
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:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 122209841
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-10-19 20:57:42
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