Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.4 on date 10-12-2023 and time 11:13:21 (Italy) in region 1 km N Ragalna (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.4 earthquake occured in region: 1 km N Ragalna (CT), on

  • 10-12-2023 10:13:21 (UTC)
  • 10-12-2023 11:13:21 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6360, 14.9390 at 0 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 1 3924 3924
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 5 7641 11565
Belpasso CT 6 28108 39673
Biancavilla CT 6 24007 63680
PaternĂ² CT 7 48228 111908
Nicolosi CT 8 7463 119371
Camporotondo Etneo CT 10 5023 124394
Adrano CT 10 36122 160516
San Pietro Clarenza CT 10 7743 168259
Pedara CT 11 14102 182361
Mascalucia CT 12 31958 214319
Trecastagni CT 13 10910 225229
Tremestieri Etneo CT 14 20589 245818
Gravina di Catania CT 14 25838 271656
Motta Sant'Anastasia CT 14 12116 283772
Misterbianco CT 14 49410 333182
Viagrande CT 14 8563 341745
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 15 9479 351224
San Giovanni la Punta CT 15 23060 374284
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 16 3524 377808
Zafferana Etnea CT 16 9517 387325
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 17 17984 405309
San Gregorio di Catania CT 17 11966 417275
Centuripe EN 17 5470 422745
Valverde CT 18 7840 430585
Aci Catena CT 18 29851 460436
Milo CT 19 1087 461523
Santa Venerina CT 19 8592 470115
Bronte CT 19 19172 489287
Catania CT 20 314555 803842

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
20 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
20 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
71 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
79 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
81 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
81 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
82 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
84 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
88 Km N of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
88 Km NE of Gela (75827 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 1.4 2023-12-10
10:13:21
37.636 14.939 0 2023-12-10
10:23:45
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 123936401
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-12-10 10:13:21
Latitude 37.6360
Longitude 14.9390
Depth (km) 0 (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 123936401

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) 700.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 154
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) 0.15
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:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 123936401
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-12-10 10:23:45
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