Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.0 on date 11-12-2023 and time 22:58:19 (Italy) in region 6 km SW Linguaglossa (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.0 earthquake occured in region: 6 km SW Linguaglossa (CT), on

  • 11-12-2023 21:58:19 (UTC)
  • 11-12-2023 22:58:19 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8100, 15.0950 at 1 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 6 5403 5403
Piedimonte Etneo CT 7 3963 9366
Sant'Alfio CT 8 1582 10948
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 9 3215 14163
Milo CT 10 1087 15250
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 10 9623 24873
Mascali CT 11 14282 39155
Moio Alcantara ME 11 717 39872
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 11 3945 43817
Motta Camastra ME 12 845 44662
Calatabiano CT 12 5308 49970
Giarre CT 12 27659 77629
Gaggi ME 13 3184 80813
Malvagna ME 13 733 81546
Zafferana Etnea CT 13 9517 91063
Riposto CT 13 14838 105901
Santa Venerina CT 14 8592 114493
Graniti ME 15 1492 115985
Randazzo CT 15 10900 126885
Roccella Valdemone ME 16 666 127551
Giardini-Naxos ME 17 9415 136966
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 17 980 137946
Castelmola ME 17 1088 139034
Taormina ME 17 10960 149994
Mongiuffi Melia ME 19 600 150594

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
23 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
34 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
59 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
59 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
85 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
98 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 1.0 2023-12-11
21:58:19
37.81 15.095 1 2023-12-11
22:13:16
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 123968251
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-12-11 21:58:19
Latitude 37.8100
Longitude 15.0950
Depth (km) 1 (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 123968251

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) 200.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 98
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) 0.33
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:1.0

Field Value
Value 1.0
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 123968251
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-12-11 22:13:16
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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