Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 24-12-2023 and time 17:25:20 (UTC) in region 9 km W Milo (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: 9 km W Milo (CT), on

  • 24-12-2023 17:25:20 (UTC)
  • 24-12-2023 18:25:20 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7560, 15.0280 at 4 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
Milo CT 9 1087 1087
Zafferana Etnea CT 10 9517 10604
Sant'Alfio CT 10 1582 12186
Santa Venerina CT 12 8592 20778
Linguaglossa CT 14 5403 26181
Giarre CT 14 27659 53840
Piedimonte Etneo CT 15 3963 57803
Mascali CT 15 14282 72085
Randazzo CT 15 10900 82985
Nicolosi CT 16 7463 90448
Pedara CT 16 14102 104550
Riposto CT 16 14838 119388
Ragalna CT 16 3924 123312
Trecastagni CT 16 10910 134222
Moio Alcantara ME 16 717 134939
Maletto CT 16 3920 138859
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 17 3215 142074
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 17 9623 151697
Viagrande CT 17 8563 160260
Bronte CT 18 19172 179432
Malvagna ME 18 733 180165
Belpasso CT 19 28108 208273
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 19 17984 226257
Biancavilla CT 19 24007 250264
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 19 980 251244
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 19 3945 255189
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 19 3524 258713
Calatabiano CT 19 5308 264021
Aci Catena CT 20 29851 293872
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 20 7641 301513
Roccella Valdemone ME 20 666 302179

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
20 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
29 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
67 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
67 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
81 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
90 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
96 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
100 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 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 1.2 2023-12-24
17:25:20
37.756 15.028 4 2023-12-24
17:32:40
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 124249161
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-12-24 17:25:20
Latitude 37.7560
Longitude 15.0280
Depth (km) 4 (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 124249161

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) 57
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) 0.21
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:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 124249161
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-12-24 17:32:40
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