Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 23-01-2024 and time 04:26:57 (UTC) in region Motta Sant'Anastasia (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.6 earthquake occured in region: Motta Sant'Anastasia (CT), on

  • 23-01-2024 04:26:57 (UTC)
  • 23-01-2024 05:26:57 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.5160, 14.9690 at 24 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
Motta Sant'Anastasia CT 0 12116 12116
Misterbianco CT 3 49410 61526
Camporotondo Etneo CT 7 5023 66549
San Pietro Clarenza CT 8 7743 74292
Belpasso CT 9 28108 102400
PaternĂ² CT 9 48228 150628
Gravina di Catania CT 10 25838 176466
Mascalucia CT 10 31958 208424
Catania CT 11 314555 522979
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 11 9479 532458
Tremestieri Etneo CT 11 20589 553047
Nicolosi CT 12 7463 560510
Ragalna CT 13 3924 564434
San Giovanni la Punta CT 13 23060 587494
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 13 7641 595135
San Gregorio di Catania CT 14 11966 607101
Pedara CT 14 14102 621203
Trecastagni CT 15 10910 632113
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 15 3524 635637
Viagrande CT 16 8563 644200
Valverde CT 16 7840 652040
Aci Castello CT 16 18723 670763
Biancavilla CT 17 24007 694770
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 17 17984 712754
Aci Catena CT 18 29851 742605

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
11 Km W of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
21 Km SW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
58 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
69 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
74 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
75 Km N of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
80 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
81 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
89 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
91 Km SW of Messina (238439 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 1.6 2024-01-23
04:26:57
37.516 14.969 24 2024-01-23
04:36:55
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 124804321
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2024-01-23 04:26:57
Latitude 37.5160
Longitude 14.9690
Depth (km) 24 (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 124804321

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) 99
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) 0.33
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:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 124804321
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-01-23 04:36:55
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