Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.1 on date 16-12-2023 and time 01:55:53 (UTC) in region 5 km SW Novara di Sicilia (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.1 earthquake occured in region: 5 km SW Novara di Sicilia (ME), on

  • 16-12-2023 01:55:53 (UTC)
  • 16-12-2023 02:55:53 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9780, 15.1100 at 10 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Sismica INGV-Roma.

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
Novara di Sicilia ME 5 1337 1337
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 6 1019 2356
Malvagna ME 8 733 3089
Tripi ME 8 873 3962
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 9 3945 7907
Montalbano Elicona ME 10 2287 10194
Moio Alcantara ME 10 717 10911
Roccella Valdemone ME 10 666 11577
Basicò ME 10 612 12189
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 11 3215 15404
Motta Camastra ME 11 845 16249
Antillo ME 12 919 17168
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 13 1531 18699
Graniti ME 14 1492 20191
Furnari ME 14 3784 23975
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 15 980 24955
Limina ME 15 836 25791
Roccafiorita ME 15 197 25988
San Piero Patti ME 15 2915 28903
Linguaglossa CT 15 5403 34306
Falcone ME 16 2808 37114
Rodì Milici ME 16 2056 39170
Castroreale ME 16 2504 41674
Gaggi ME 16 3184 44858
Mongiuffi Melia ME 17 600 45458
Oliveri ME 17 2181 47639
Floresta ME 18 485 48124
Randazzo CT 18 10900 59024
Gallodoro ME 18 367 59391
Mandanici ME 18 601 59992
Terme Vigliatore ME 18 7395 67387
Librizzi ME 19 1660 69047
Casalvecchio Siculo ME 19 842 69889
Raccuja ME 20 1041 70930
Castelmola ME 20 1088 72018
Piedimonte Etneo CT 20 3963 75981
Calatabiano CT 20 5308 81289

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
41 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
46 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
49 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
53 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.1 2023-12-16
01:55:53
37.978 15.1103 10 2023-12-16
02:05:13
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 124057241
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-12-16 01:55:53 ± 0.09
Latitude 37.9780 ± 0.0054
Longitude 15.1103 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 10 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 124057241

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 538
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 403
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 210
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 540.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 102
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 15
Number of defining phases 15
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.26
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.09623
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.25451
Number of stations at which the event was observed 9
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 9
Magnitude information

ML:1.1

Field Value
Value 1.1
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 124057241
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-12-16 02:05:13
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MPNC.HHE. 2023-12-16T01:56:03.67 0.1 undecidable manual S 48 28.2495 50 -0.25 93
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2023-12-16T01:56:01.96 0.3 undecidable manual S 289 21.867 114 0.08 73
IV.LIBRI.HHE. 2023-12-16T01:56:01.22 0.3 undecidable manual S 306 19.7691 116 0.02 74
IV.EPMN.HHZ. 2023-12-16T01:56:00.84 0.3 undecidable manual S 161 18.4704 117 0.04 74
IV.MPNC.HHE. 2023-12-16T01:55:59.72 0.3 undecidable manual P 48 28.2495 50 0.17 71
IV.EPZF.HHE. 2023-12-16T01:55:59.51 0.6 undecidable manual P 232 28.0497 50 0 49
IV.EMNR.HHE. 2023-12-16T01:55:58.58 0.3 undecidable manual P 202 19.3695 116 0.66 63
IV.EFIU.HHE. 2023-12-16T01:55:58.75 0.1 undecidable manual P 157 22.6551 113 0.23 94
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2023-12-16T01:55:58.07 0.1 undecidable manual S 175 10.6782 132 -0.5 91
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2023-12-16T01:55:58.75 0.1 undecidable manual S 94 10.7781 132 0.16 98
IV.LIBRI.HHE. 2023-12-16T01:55:57.92 0.1 undecidable manual P 306 19.7691 116 -0.06 98
IV.EPMN.HHZ. 2023-12-16T01:55:57.74 0.1 positive manual P 161 18.4704 117 -0.01 100
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2023-12-16T01:55:57.96 1.0 undecidable manual P 289 21.867 114 -0.42 23
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2023-12-16T01:55:56.25 0.1 undecidable manual P 175 10.6782 132 -0.22 97
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2023-12-16T01:55:56.53 0.1 positive manual P 94 10.7781 132 0.05 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.ECTS.HHN. ML:1.5 0.00040217185 0.2 AML other m 2023-12-16T01:55:58.52
IV.ECTS.HHE. ML:1.3 0.00026037545 0.3392 AML other m 2023-12-16T01:55:58.35
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.3 0.00022538395 0.3808 AML other m 2023-12-16T01:55:58.98
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.2 0.0001796152 0.24 AML other m 2023-12-16T01:55:59.07
IV.EPMN.HHE. ML:1.0 0.0000793066 0.2208 AML other m 2023-12-16T01:56:01.79
IV.EPMN.HHN. ML:1.0 0.00008372528 0.32 AML other m 2023-12-16T01:56:01.33
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:0.7 0.00003531066 0.2592 AML other m 2023-12-16T01:56:01.98
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:0.7 0.000037197240999999996 0.16 AML other m 2023-12-16T01:56:02.30
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