Earthquake with magnitude of Md 1.4 on date 25-12-2023 and time 07:11:21 (Italy) in region 3 km E San Piero Patti (ME)

A magnitude Md 1.4 earthquake occured in region: 3 km E San Piero Patti (ME), on

  • 25-12-2023 06:11:21 (UTC)
  • 25-12-2023 07:11:21 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0610, 14.9950 at 8 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
San Piero Patti ME 3 2915 2915
Montalbano Elicona ME 4 2287 5202
Librizzi ME 5 1660 6862
Basicò ME 6 612 7474
Raccuja ME 7 1041 8515
Montagnareale ME 9 1615 10130
Oliveri ME 9 2181 12311
Tripi ME 9 873 13184
Patti ME 9 13431 26615
Falcone ME 10 2808 29423
Ucria ME 10 1058 30481
Floresta ME 11 485 30966
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 12 3090 34056
Furnari ME 13 3784 37840
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 13 1531 39371
Novara di Sicilia ME 13 1337 40708
Sinagra ME 13 2705 43413
Roccella Valdemone ME 14 666 44079
Tortorici ME 15 6435 50514
Gioiosa Marea ME 15 7074 57588
Ficarra ME 16 1469 59057
Piraino ME 16 3962 63019
Rodì Milici ME 16 2056 65075
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 16 980 66055
Malvagna ME 17 733 66788
Castell'Umberto ME 17 3128 69916
Terme Vigliatore ME 17 7395 77311
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 18 1019 78330
Brolo ME 18 5783 84113
Moio Alcantara ME 19 717 84830
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 19 1319 86149
Naso ME 19 3813 89962
Castroreale ME 19 2504 92466
Galati Mamertino ME 20 2627 95093

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
51 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
52 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
57 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
63 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Reviewed
Rev100
Md 1.4 2023-12-25
06:11:21
38.0612 14.9953 8 2023-12-25
06:25:48
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 124258371
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-12-25 06:11:21 ± 0.18
Latitude 38.0612 ± 0.0198
Longitude 14.9953 ± 0.0126
Depth (km) 8 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 124258371

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2353
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 746
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 203
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2350.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 143
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 7
Number of defining phases 7
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) 0.05666
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.29408
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitude information

Md:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 124258371
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-12-25 06:25:48
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2023-12-25T06:11:30.10 0.6 undecidable manual S 116 23.0547 108 0.3 47
IV.MPNC.HHE. 2023-12-25T06:11:28.35 0.1 undecidable manual P 73 32.6451 103 0.26 94
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2023-12-25T06:11:26.23 1.0 undecidable manual S 259 10.7781 125 0.26 24
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2023-12-25T06:11:25.97 0.1 undecidable manual P 116 23.0547 108 -0.27 93
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2023-12-25T06:11:24.00 0.1 undecidable manual P 259 10.7781 125 -0.03 100
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2023-12-25T06:11:24.84 0.6 undecidable manual S 293 6.2937 140 0.02 50
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2023-12-25T06:11:23.23 0.6 positive manual P 293 6.2937 140 -0.13 49
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