Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.8 on date 29-11-2023 and time 02:36:55 (UTC) in region 1 km NW Roccella Valdemone (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.8 earthquake occured in region: 1 km NW Roccella Valdemone (ME), on

  • 29-11-2023 02:36:55 (UTC)
  • 29-11-2023 03:36:55 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9420, 15.0040 at 5 km depth.

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

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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
Roccella Valdemone ME 1 666 666
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 5 980 1646
Malvagna ME 5 733 2379
Moio Alcantara ME 6 717 3096
Randazzo CT 9 10900 13996
Montalbano Elicona ME 9 2287 16283
Floresta ME 10 485 16768
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 12 3215 19983
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 12 3945 23928
San Piero Patti ME 13 2915 26843
Novara di Sicilia ME 14 1337 28180
Basicò ME 14 612 28792
Tripi ME 15 873 29665
Raccuja ME 15 1041 30706
Motta Camastra ME 16 845 31551
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 16 1019 32570
Ucria ME 16 1058 33628
Linguaglossa CT 17 5403 39031
Maletto CT 17 3920 42951
Librizzi ME 18 1660 44611
Tortorici ME 19 6435 51046
Maniace CT 19 3765 54811

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
39 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
49 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
56 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
59 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
97 Km NE of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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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 1.8 2023-11-29
02:36:55
37.9423 15.0043 5 2023-11-29
02:47:12
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 123548701
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-11-29 02:36:55 ± 0.07
Latitude 37.9423 ± 0.0054
Longitude 15.0043 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 5 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 123548701

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 524
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 374
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 35
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 520.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 78
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 30
Number of defining phases 19
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.26
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.70777
Number of stations at which the event was observed 24
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 13
Magnitude information

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 22
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 123548701
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-11-29 02:47:12
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
ST.DOSS.HHZ. 2023-11-29T02:38:32.38 3.0 positive manual Pn 0.74 0
IV.CERA.HNZ. 2023-11-29T02:38:10.69 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 3.73 0
IV.MOCO.HHZ. 2023-11-29T02:37:53.36 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 0.19 0
CR.STON.BHZ. 2023-11-29T02:37:37.48 3.0 undecidable manual Pn -2.69 0
IV.RESU.HHZ. 2023-11-29T02:37:36.32 3.0 undecidable manual Sg -1.97 0
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2023-11-29T02:37:17.58 0.1 undecidable manual S 190 66.8775 50 0.51 82
IV.MGR.HHZ. 2023-11-29T02:37:11.68 3.0 undecidable manual S -9.99 0
IV.MCRV.HHZ. 2023-11-29T02:37:10.90 3.0 undecidable manual Pg -0.35 0
IV.AGST.EHZ. 2023-11-29T02:37:09.45 0.1 undecidable manual P 165 78.5658 50 -0.28 85
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2023-11-29T02:37:07.62 0.1 undecidable manual P 190 66.8775 50 -0.31 86
IV.GIB.HHZ. 2023-11-29T02:37:07.30 3.0 negative manual Pn -1.02 0
IV.SALB.HHZ. 2023-11-29T02:37:05.24 3.0 undecidable manual S -8.31 0
IV.ESML.HHZ. 2023-11-29T02:37:04.21 3.0 undecidable manual P 0
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2023-11-29T02:37:04.64 0.6 negative manual P 236 46.2204 50 -0.1 47
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2023-11-29T02:37:03.08 0.1 undecidable manual S 81 20.2686 104 0.38 92
IV.EPOZ.HHZ. 2023-11-29T02:37:02.60 1.0 undecidable manual P 152 34.0437 99 0.25 23
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2023-11-29T02:37:01.16 0.3 undecidable manual S 51 14.9739 109 0.22 72
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2023-11-29T02:37:01.53 0.1 undecidable manual S 337 16.9719 107 -0.09 99
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2023-11-29T02:37:01.59 0.1 undecidable manual S 314 15.9729 108 0.32 94
IV.ESCV.HHZ. 2023-11-29T02:37:01.11 0.3 negative manual P 217 27.2505 101 0.1 73
IV.EFIU.HHZ. 2023-11-29T02:37:00.86 0.1 negative manual P 133 24.753 102 0.34 92
IV.EPMN.HHZ. 2023-11-29T02:36:59.60 0.1 negative manual P 132 20.2686 104 -0.05 99
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2023-11-29T02:36:59.99 0.1 undecidable manual S 123 12.1767 113 -0.06 100
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2023-11-29T02:36:59.26 0.1 positive manual P 81 20.2686 104 -0.38 92
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2023-11-29T02:36:58.43 0.1 positive manual P 51 14.9739 109 -0.19 97
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2023-11-29T02:36:58.97 0.3 negative manual P 337 16.9719 107 -0.04 75
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2023-11-29T02:36:58.73 0.1 positive manual P 314 15.9729 108 -0.08 99
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2023-11-29T02:36:58.90 1.0 negative manual P 225 18.3705 106 -0.38 23
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2023-11-29T02:36:57.92 0.1 positive manual P 123 12.1767 113 -0.19 97
IV.SICLA.EHZ. 2023-11-29T02:36:53.00 3.0 undecidable manual P 3.37 0
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.9 0.0006129999999999999 1.06 AML other m 2023-11-29T02:36:59.88
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.8 0.0005780000000000001 0.2 AML other m 2023-11-29T02:36:59.82
IV.ECTS.HHN. ML:2.2 0.0020299999999999997 0.26 AML other m 2023-11-29T02:37:00.43
IV.ECTS.HHE. ML:1.9 0.0011 0.82 AML other m 2023-11-29T02:37:00.96
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:1.8 0.0007635000000000001 0.78 AML other m 2023-11-29T02:37:01.47
IV.NOV.HNE. ML:1.2 0.000189 0.76 AML other m 2023-11-29T02:37:01.48
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:1.9 0.0008585 0.78 AML other m 2023-11-29T02:37:01.95
IV.NOV.HNN. ML:1.2 0.0001945 0.8 AML other m 2023-11-29T02:37:01.96
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.7 0.000579 1.48 AML other m 2023-11-29T02:37:02.74
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.8 0.0006185 0.44 AML other m 2023-11-29T02:37:02.31
IV.LIBRI.HNN. ML:1.6 0.0004 0.3 AML other m 2023-11-29T02:37:02.93
IV.LIBRI.HNE. ML:1.5 0.00028849999999999997 1.56 AML other m 2023-11-29T02:37:02.01
IV.EPZF.HNE. ML:1.9 0.0007424999999999999 0.78 AML other m 2023-11-29T02:37:04.60
IV.EPZF.HHE. ML:1.9 0.000725 1.22 AML other m 2023-11-29T02:37:05.61
IV.EPZF.HNN. ML:1.9 0.000775 0.52 AML other m 2023-11-29T02:37:06.37
IV.EPZF.HHN. ML:2.0 0.0008200000000000001 0.52 AML other m 2023-11-29T02:37:06.38
IV.ESCV.HHN. ML:1.9 0.00042249999999999997 0.28 AML other m 2023-11-29T02:37:09.52
IV.GALF.HHN. ML:1.8 0.00019800000000000002 0.66 AML other m 2023-11-29T02:37:10.32
IV.ESCV.HHE. ML:1.7 0.00026349999999999995 1.48 AML other m 2023-11-29T02:37:14.89
IV.EPOZ.HHN. ML:1.9 0.00032 0.42 AML other m 2023-11-29T02:37:15.33
IV.GALF.HHE. ML:2.1 0.00033899999999999995 0.54 AML other m 2023-11-29T02:37:16.15
IV.EPOZ.HHE. ML:1.7 0.000208 0.42 AML other m 2023-11-29T02:37:48.36
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