Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.1 on date 11-01-2024 and time 05:09:57 (Italy) in region 6 km W Zafferana Etnea (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.1 earthquake occured in region: 6 km W Zafferana Etnea (CT), on

  • 11-01-2024 04:09:57 (UTC)
  • 11-01-2024 05:09:57 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7030, 15.0350 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
Zafferana Etnea CT 6 9517 9517
Milo CT 8 1087 10604
Santa Venerina CT 9 8592 19196
Pedara CT 10 14102 33298
Nicolosi CT 10 7463 40761
Trecastagni CT 10 10910 51671
Sant'Alfio CT 11 1582 53253
Viagrande CT 12 8563 61816
Ragalna CT 12 3924 65740
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 13 3524 69264
Belpasso CT 13 28108 97372
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 13 17984 115356
Giarre CT 14 27659 143015
Mascalucia CT 14 31958 174973
San Pietro Clarenza CT 14 7743 182716
Tremestieri Etneo CT 14 20589 203305
Aci Catena CT 15 29851 233156
San Giovanni la Punta CT 15 23060 256216
Camporotondo Etneo CT 15 5023 261239
Riposto CT 15 14838 276077
Acireale CT 15 52622 328699
Mascali CT 16 14282 342981
Valverde CT 16 7840 350821
Gravina di Catania CT 16 25838 376659
Biancavilla CT 16 24007 400666
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 16 7641 408307
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 16 9479 417786
San Gregorio di Catania CT 17 11966 429752
Piedimonte Etneo CT 17 3963 433715
PaternĂ² CT 18 48228 481943
Linguaglossa CT 18 5403 487346
Adrano CT 18 36122 523468
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 18 9623 533091
Aci Castello CT 19 18723 551814

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
15 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
23 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
70 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
71 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
75 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
89 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
91 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
95 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
97 Km N of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
99 Km NE of Gela (75827 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 1.1 2024-01-11
04:09:57
37.703 15.035 2 2024-01-11
04:19:43
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 124575621
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2024-01-11 04:09:57
Latitude 37.7030
Longitude 15.0350
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 124575621

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) 1600.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 161
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) 0.05
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:1.1

Field Value
Value 1.1
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 124575621
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-01-11 04:19:43
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