Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.4 on date 29-10-2023 and time 20:57:18 (Italy) in region 3 km NE Montalbano Elicona (ME)

A magnitude ML 0.4 earthquake occured in region: 3 km NE Montalbano Elicona (ME), on

  • 29-10-2023 19:57:18 (UTC)
  • 29-10-2023 20:57:18 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0500, 15.0260 at 10 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Sismica INGV-Roma.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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
Montalbano Elicona ME 3 2287 2287
Basicò ME 4 612 2899
San Piero Patti ME 5 2915 5814
Tripi ME 7 873 6687
Librizzi ME 8 1660 8347
Oliveri ME 9 2181 10528
Falcone ME 9 2808 13336
Raccuja ME 10 1041 14377
Novara di Sicilia ME 10 1337 15714
Furnari ME 11 3784 19498
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 11 1531 21029
Patti ME 11 13431 34460
Montagnareale ME 12 1615 36075
Floresta ME 12 485 36560
Ucria ME 13 1058 37618
Roccella Valdemone ME 13 666 38284
Rodì Milici ME 14 2056 40340
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 14 3090 43430
Malvagna ME 15 733 44163
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 15 1019 45182
Terme Vigliatore ME 15 7395 52577
Sinagra ME 16 2705 55282
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 16 980 56262
Moio Alcantara ME 17 717 56979
Castroreale ME 17 2504 59483
Tortorici ME 18 6435 65918
Gioiosa Marea ME 18 7074 72992
Ficarra ME 19 1469 74461
Piraino ME 19 3962 78423
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 19 3945 82368
Castell'Umberto ME 20 3128 85496

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
49 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
50 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
55 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
61 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 0.4 2023-10-29
19:57:18
38.0505 15.0258 10 2023-10-29
20:08:33
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 122555501
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-10-29 19:57:18 ± 0.23
Latitude 38.0505 ± 0.0144
Longitude 15.0258 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 10 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 122555501

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1635
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 393
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 12
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1640.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 172
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 8
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.17
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.08364
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.18166
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitude information

ML:0.4

Field Value
Value 0.4
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 122555501
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-10-29 20:08:33
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2023-10-29T19:57:25.76 0.6 undecidable manual S 116 20.1687 117 -0.17 48
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2023-10-29T19:57:24.01 0.1 undecidable manual S 266 13.2756 127 0.09 99
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2023-10-29T19:57:23.09 0.3 undecidable manual S 105 9.9789 136 0.04 75
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2023-10-29T19:57:22.50 0.1 undecidable manual P 116 20.1687 117 -0.11 97
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2023-10-29T19:57:22.67 0.3 undecidable manual S 293 9.2796 138 -0.2 73
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2023-10-29T19:57:21.15 0.1 undecidable manual P 105 9.9789 136 0.19 98
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2023-10-29T19:57:21.38 0.1 undecidable manual P 266 13.2756 127 -0.07 99
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2023-10-29T19:57:20.93 0.1 undecidable manual P 293 9.2796 138 0.08 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:0.4 0.000032569170000000004 0.1664 AML other m 2023-10-29T19:57:23.88
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:0.6 0.0000446 0.26 AML other m 2023-10-29T19:57:24.19
IV.LIBRI.HHE. ML:0.1 0.000013464054999999999 0.1536 AML other m 2023-10-29T19:57:22.76
IV.LIBRI.HHN. ML:0.2 0.000019029575 2.4576 AML other m 2023-10-29T19:57:22.66
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:0.4 0.000026900085 0.1408 AML other m 2023-10-29T19:57:24.33
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:0.6 0.00004275708 0.3072 AML other m 2023-10-29T19:57:24.22
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:0.3 0.000014422634999999999 0.2176 AML other m 2023-10-29T19:57:25.95
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:0.4 0.00002017149 2.1504 AML other m 2023-10-29T19:57:27.14
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