Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.8 on date 17-01-2024 and time 23:02:26 (Italy) in region 7 km SE Bronte (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.8 earthquake occured in region: 7 km SE Bronte (CT), on

  • 17-01-2024 22:02:26 (UTC)
  • 17-01-2024 23:02:26 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7350, 14.8630 at 25 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
Bronte CT 7 19172 19172
Adrano CT 8 36122 55294
Biancavilla CT 10 24007 79301
Maletto CT 11 3920 83221
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 13 7641 90862
Ragalna CT 13 3924 94786
Maniace CT 15 3765 98551
Centuripe EN 17 5470 104021
Randazzo CT 18 10900 114921
PaternĂ² CT 18 48228 163149
CesarĂ² ME 18 2439 165588
Belpasso CT 19 28108 193696
San Teodoro ME 19 1403 195099
Nicolosi CT 20 7463 202562

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
30 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
32 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
76 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
79 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
80 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
84 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
91 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
92 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
92 Km N of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
98 Km N of Modica (54633 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 1.8 2024-01-17
22:02:26
37.735 14.863 25 2024-01-17
22:44:33
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 124703811
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2024-01-17 22:02:26
Latitude 37.7350
Longitude 14.8630
Depth (km) 25 (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 124703811

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) 1900.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 114
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) 0.14
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:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 124703811
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-01-17 22:44:33
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