Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.8 on date 10-12-2023 and time 23:54:38 (Italy) in region 2 km NW Sant'Alfio (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.8 earthquake occured in region: 2 km NW Sant'Alfio (CT), on

  • 10-12-2023 22:54:38 (UTC)
  • 10-12-2023 23:54:38 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7560, 15.1290 at 6 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania).

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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
Sant'Alfio CT 2 1582 1582
Milo CT 4 1087 2669
Giarre CT 6 27659 30328
Mascali CT 6 14282 44610
Zafferana Etnea CT 7 9517 54127
Riposto CT 7 14838 68965
Piedimonte Etneo CT 7 3963 72928
Santa Venerina CT 8 8592 81520
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 8 9623 91143
Linguaglossa CT 10 5403 96546
Calatabiano CT 12 5308 101854
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 14 3215 105069
Gaggi ME 14 3184 108253
Trecastagni CT 16 10910 119163
Motta Camastra ME 16 845 120008
Giardini-Naxos ME 16 9415 129423
Acireale CT 16 52622 182045
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 16 3945 185990
Viagrande CT 16 8563 194553
Pedara CT 16 14102 208655
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 17 17984 226639
Aci Catena CT 17 29851 256490
Taormina ME 17 10960 267450
Castelmola ME 17 1088 268538
Moio Alcantara ME 17 717 269255
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 18 3524 272779
Graniti ME 18 1492 274271
Nicolosi CT 18 7463 281734
Malvagna ME 19 733 282467
Valverde CT 20 7840 290307
San Giovanni la Punta CT 20 23060 313367

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
16 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
28 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
60 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
62 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
79 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
98 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
99 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 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 1.8 2023-12-10
22:54:38
37.756 15.129 6 2023-12-10
22:59:48
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 123948271
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-12-10 22:54:38
Latitude 37.7560
Longitude 15.1290
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 123948271

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) 50
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) 0.14
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:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 123948271
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-12-10 22:59:48
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