Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.4 on date 18-01-2024 and time 00:16:03 (Italy) in region 7 km SE Bronte (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.4 earthquake occured in region: 7 km SE Bronte (CT), on

  • 17-01-2024 23:16:03 (UTC)
  • 18-01-2024 00:16:03 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7490, 14.8990 at 16 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
Maletto CT 10 3920 23092
Adrano CT 11 36122 59214
Biancavilla CT 12 24007 83221
Ragalna CT 14 3924 87145
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 15 7641 94786
Maniace CT 15 3765 98551
Randazzo CT 15 10900 109451
Nicolosi CT 19 7463 116914
Belpasso CT 19 28108 145022
PaternĂ² CT 19 48228 193250
Zafferana Etnea CT 19 9517 202767
Milo CT 19 1087 203854
CesarĂ² ME 20 2439 206293
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 20 980 207273
Centuripe EN 20 5470 212743

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
28 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
32 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
76 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
77 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
79 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
84 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
93 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
94 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
95 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
100 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 1.4 2024-01-17
23:16:03
37.749 14.899 17 2024-01-17
23:33:14
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 124704941
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2024-01-17 23:16:03
Latitude 37.7490
Longitude 14.8990
Depth (km) 17 (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 124704941

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) 800.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 81
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:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 124704941
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-01-17 23:33:14
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