Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.7 on date 30-12-2023 and time 06:35:32 (Italy) in region 1 km N Milo (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.7 earthquake occured in region: 1 km N Milo (CT), on

  • 30-12-2023 05:35:32 (UTC)
  • 30-12-2023 06:35:32 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7370, 15.1200 at 7 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 1 1087 1087
Sant'Alfio CT 2 1582 2669
Zafferana Etnea CT 5 9517 12186
Santa Venerina CT 6 8592 20778
Giarre CT 6 27659 48437
Mascali CT 7 14282 62719
Riposto CT 7 14838 77557
Piedimonte Etneo CT 10 3963 81520
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 10 9623 91143
Linguaglossa CT 12 5403 96546
Calatabiano CT 14 5308 101854
Trecastagni CT 14 10910 112764
Viagrande CT 14 8563 121327
Pedara CT 14 14102 135429
Acireale CT 14 52622 188051
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 15 17984 206035
Aci Catena CT 15 29851 235886
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 15 3524 239410
Nicolosi CT 16 7463 246873
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 16 3215 250088
Gaggi ME 17 3184 253272
Valverde CT 18 7840 261112
San Giovanni la Punta CT 18 23060 284172
Giardini-Naxos ME 18 9415 293587
Tremestieri Etneo CT 18 20589 314176
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 18 3945 318121
Motta Camastra ME 18 845 318966
San Gregorio di Catania CT 19 11966 330932
Mascalucia CT 19 31958 362890
Moio Alcantara ME 19 717 363607
Taormina ME 19 10960 374567
Castelmola ME 19 1088 375655
Graniti ME 20 1492 377147
Ragalna CT 20 3924 381071
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 20 9479 390550
San Pietro Clarenza CT 20 7743 398293

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
14 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
26 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
62 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
64 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
77 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
97 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
97 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 1.7 2023-12-30
05:35:32
37.737 15.12 7 2023-12-30
05:43:12
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 124348991
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-12-30 05:35:32
Latitude 37.7370
Longitude 15.1200
Depth (km) 7 (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 124348991

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) 300.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 87
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:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 124348991
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-12-30 05:43:12
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