Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.7 on date 27-11-2023 and time 03:50:51 (Italy) in region 1 km SE Gaggi (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.7 earthquake occured in region: 1 km SE Gaggi (ME), on

  • 27-11-2023 02:50:51 (UTC)
  • 27-11-2023 03:50:51 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8560, 15.2310 at 27 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
Gaggi ME 1 3184 3184
Calatabiano CT 4 5308 8492
Graniti ME 4 1492 9984
Castelmola ME 4 1088 11072
Giardini-Naxos ME 4 9415 20487
Taormina ME 5 10960 31447
Mongiuffi Melia ME 7 600 32047
Motta Camastra ME 7 845 32892
Piedimonte Etneo CT 7 3963 36855
Letojanni ME 7 2861 39716
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 7 9623 49339
Gallodoro ME 8 367 49706
Linguaglossa CT 8 5403 55109
Roccafiorita ME 9 197 55306
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 10 3945 59251
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 10 3215 62466
Limina ME 10 836 63302
Forza d'Agrò ME 11 911 64213
Mascali CT 11 14282 78495
Sant'Alessio Siculo ME 12 1554 80049
Antillo ME 14 919 80968
Riposto CT 14 14838 95806
Casalvecchio Siculo ME 14 842 96648
Giarre CT 15 27659 124307
Sant'Alfio CT 15 1582 125889
Savoca ME 15 1732 127621
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 15 1019 128640
Santa Teresa di Riva ME 16 9377 138017
Moio Alcantara ME 17 717 138734
Malvagna ME 17 733 139467
Furci Siculo ME 18 3382 142849
Milo CT 18 1087 143936
Mandanici ME 18 601 144537
Pagliara ME 19 1170 145707
Roccalumera ME 20 4141 149848
Novara di Sicilia ME 20 1337 151185

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
28 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
41 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
46 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
47 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
89 Km N of Siracusa (122291 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 1.7 2023-11-27
02:50:51
37.856 15.231 27 2023-11-27
02:55:52
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 123477561
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-11-27 02:50:51
Latitude 37.8560
Longitude 15.2310
Depth (km) 27 (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 123477561

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) 600.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 135
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) 0.19
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:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 123477561
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-11-27 02:55:52
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