Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 13-12-2023 and time 10:36:47 (Italy) in region 1 km NW Ragalna (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.6 earthquake occured in region: 1 km NW Ragalna (CT), on

  • 13-12-2023 09:36:47 (UTC)
  • 13-12-2023 10:36:47 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6370, 14.9270 at 2 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 4 7641 11565
Biancavilla CT 5 24007 35572
Belpasso CT 7 28108 63680
PaternĂ² CT 7 48228 111908
Adrano CT 9 36122 148030
Nicolosi CT 9 7463 155493
Camporotondo Etneo CT 10 5023 160516
San Pietro Clarenza CT 11 7743 168259
Pedara CT 12 14102 182361
Mascalucia CT 13 31958 214319
Trecastagni CT 14 10910 225229
Motta Sant'Anastasia CT 14 12116 237345
Tremestieri Etneo CT 15 20589 257934
Gravina di Catania CT 15 25838 283772
Misterbianco CT 15 49410 333182
Viagrande CT 15 8563 341745
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 16 9479 351224
San Giovanni la Punta CT 16 23060 374284
Centuripe EN 16 5470 379754
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 17 3524 383278
Zafferana Etnea CT 17 9517 392795
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 18 17984 410779
San Gregorio di Catania CT 18 11966 422745
Valverde CT 19 7840 430585
Bronte CT 19 19172 449757
Milo CT 19 1087 450844
Aci Catena CT 19 29851 480695
Santa Venerina CT 20 8592 489287

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
21 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
21 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
72 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
78 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
81 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
82 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
83 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
84 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 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 1.6 2023-12-13
09:36:47
37.637 14.927 2 2023-12-13
09:46:26
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 123994111
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-12-13 09:36:47
Latitude 37.6370
Longitude 14.9270
Depth (km) 2 (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 123994111

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) 400.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 104
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) 0.31
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:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 123994111
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-12-13 09:46:26
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