Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.9 on date 17-01-2024 and time 10:46:46 (Italy) in region 3 km NW Librizzi (ME)

A magnitude ML 0.9 earthquake occured in region: 3 km NW Librizzi (ME), on

  • 17-01-2024 09:46:46 (UTC)
  • 17-01-2024 10:46:46 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1120, 14.9340 at 17 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
Montagnareale ME 3 1615 1615
Librizzi ME 3 1660 3275
Patti ME 4 13431 16706
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 5 3090 19796
Raccuja ME 6 1041 20837
San Piero Patti ME 7 2915 23752
Gioiosa Marea ME 8 7074 30826
Sinagra ME 8 2705 33531
Piraino ME 8 3962 37493
Ucria ME 9 1058 38551
Ficarra ME 9 1469 40020
Brolo ME 11 5783 45803
Oliveri ME 11 2181 47984
Castell'Umberto ME 11 3128 51112
Montalbano Elicona ME 12 2287 53399
Basicò ME 13 612 54011
Naso ME 13 3813 57824
Tortorici ME 13 6435 64259
Falcone ME 13 2808 67067
Floresta ME 14 485 67552
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 14 1319 68871
Mirto ME 16 974 69845
Tripi ME 16 873 70718
Galati Mamertino ME 17 2627 73345
Furnari ME 17 3784 77129
Frazzanò ME 17 711 77840
Capo d'Orlando ME 17 13254 91094
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 18 1531 92625
Longi ME 18 1473 94098
Capri Leone ME 20 4515 98613

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
55 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
59 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
62 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
69 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
ML 0.9 2024-01-17
09:46:46
38.1117 14.9338 17 2024-01-17
10:08:56
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 124689141
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2024-01-17 09:46:46 ± 0.11
Latitude 38.1117 ± 0.0036
Longitude 14.9338 ± 0.0069
Depth (km) 17 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 124689141

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 460
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 414
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 238
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 460.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 149
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 9
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.09
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.02788
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.33095
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitude information

ML:0.9

Field Value
Value 0.9
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 124689141
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-01-17 10:08:56
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2024-01-17T09:46:57.43 0.1 undecidable manual S 8 29.6481 108 -0.06 100
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2024-01-17T09:46:53.05 0.3 undecidable manual S 215 9.2796 146 0.04 78
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2024-01-17T09:46:53.95 1.0 positive manual P 84 36.741 104 -0.1 24
IV.IVGP.HHZ. 2024-01-17T09:46:53.41 0.6 undecidable manual P 4 31.746 107 0.11 49
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2024-01-17T09:46:53.13 0.6 positive manual P 8 29.6481 108 0.13 49
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2024-01-17T09:46:53.15 0.1 negative manual P 121 30.4473 108 0.04 100
IV.LIBRI.HHE. 2024-01-17T09:46:52.43 0.3 undecidable manual S 188 3.0969 168 0.06 78
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2024-01-17T09:46:50.31 0.6 positive manual P 215 9.2796 146 -0.1 51
IV.LIBRI.HHE. 2024-01-17T09:46:49.91 0.3 undecidable manual P 188 3.0969 168 -0.13 77
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:0.9 0.00007355 0.4 AML other m 2024-01-17T09:46:53.18
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:0.8 0.00005325000000000001 0.38 AML other m 2024-01-17T09:46:53.94
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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