Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 07-12-2023 and time 16:40:41 (UTC) in region 2 km W Ragalna (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.3 earthquake occured in region: 2 km W Ragalna (CT), on

  • 07-12-2023 16:40:41 (UTC)
  • 07-12-2023 17:40:41 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6380, 14.9160 at 9 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
Ragalna CT 2 3924 3924
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 3 7641 11565
Biancavilla CT 4 24007 35572
PaternĂ² CT 7 48228 83800
Belpasso CT 7 28108 111908
Adrano CT 8 36122 148030
Nicolosi CT 10 7463 155493
Camporotondo Etneo CT 11 5023 160516
San Pietro Clarenza CT 12 7743 168259
Pedara CT 13 14102 182361
Mascalucia CT 14 31958 214319
Trecastagni CT 15 10910 225229
Motta Sant'Anastasia CT 15 12116 237345
Misterbianco CT 15 49410 286755
Tremestieri Etneo CT 15 20589 307344
Centuripe EN 15 5470 312814
Gravina di Catania CT 16 25838 338652
Viagrande CT 16 8563 347215
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 17 9479 356694
San Giovanni la Punta CT 17 23060 379754
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 18 3524 383278
Zafferana Etnea CT 18 9517 392795
Bronte CT 18 19172 411967
San Gregorio di Catania CT 19 11966 423933
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 19 17984 441917
Valverde CT 20 7840 449757

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
21 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
22 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
72 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
77 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
81 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
83 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
84 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
84 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
87 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
88 Km N of Modica (54633 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 1.3 2023-12-07
16:40:41
37.638 14.916 9 2023-12-07
18:49:19
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 123879241
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-12-07 16:40:41
Latitude 37.6380
Longitude 14.9160
Depth (km) 9 (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 123879241

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) 1200.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 121
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) 0.09
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:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 123879241
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-12-07 18:49:19
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