Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.1 on date 10-12-2023 and time 01:23:35 (Italy) in region 9 km SW Linguaglossa (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.1 earthquake occured in region: 9 km SW Linguaglossa (CT), on

  • 10-12-2023 00:23:35 (UTC)
  • 10-12-2023 01:23:35 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7940, 15.0680 at 6 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
Linguaglossa CT 9 5403 5403
Sant'Alfio CT 9 1582 6985
Milo CT 9 1087 8072
Piedimonte Etneo CT 10 3963 12035
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 11 3215 15250
Zafferana Etnea CT 11 9517 24767
Mascali CT 12 14282 39049
Moio Alcantara ME 12 717 39766
Giarre CT 12 27659 67425
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 12 9623 77048
Santa Venerina CT 13 8592 85640
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 14 3945 89585
Riposto CT 14 14838 104423
Malvagna ME 14 733 105156
Randazzo CT 14 10900 116056
Calatabiano CT 15 5308 121364
Motta Camastra ME 15 845 122209
Gaggi ME 15 3184 125393
Roccella Valdemone ME 16 666 126059
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 17 980 127039
Graniti ME 18 1492 128531
Maletto CT 18 3920 132451
Giardini-Naxos ME 19 9415 141866
Pedara CT 20 14102 155968
Trecastagni CT 20 10910 166878
Castelmola ME 20 1088 167966

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
22 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
32 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
62 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
62 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
84 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
95 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 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 1.1 2023-12-10
00:23:35
37.794 15.068 6 2023-12-10
00:31:12
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 123928021
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-12-10 00:23:35
Latitude 37.7940
Longitude 15.0680
Depth (km) 6 (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 123928021

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) 300.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 81
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) 0.07
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:1.1

Field Value
Value 1.1
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 123928021
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-12-10 00:31:12
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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