Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.6 on date 03-02-2024 and time 23:44:41 (Italy) in region 4 km SW Fondachelli Fantina (ME)

A magnitude ML 0.6 earthquake occured in region: 4 km SW Fondachelli Fantina (ME), on

  • 03-02-2024 22:44:41 (UTC)
  • 03-02-2024 23:44:41 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9610, 15.1460 at 6 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
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 4 1019 1019
Novara di Sicilia ME 6 1337 2356
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 7 3945 6301
Motta Camastra ME 8 845 7146
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 9 3215 10361
Antillo ME 9 919 11280
Malvagna ME 9 733 12013
Graniti ME 11 1492 13505
Moio Alcantara ME 11 717 14222
Tripi ME 11 873 15095
Roccafiorita ME 11 197 15292
Limina ME 11 836 16128
Roccella Valdemone ME 12 666 16794
Gaggi ME 13 3184 19978
Mongiuffi Melia ME 13 600 20578
Linguaglossa CT 13 5403 25981
Basicò ME 13 612 26593
Montalbano Elicona ME 14 2287 28880
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 14 1531 30411
Gallodoro ME 15 367 30778
Casalvecchio Siculo ME 16 842 31620
Mandanici ME 16 601 32221
Castelmola ME 16 1088 33309
Furnari ME 16 3784 37093
Castroreale ME 16 2504 39597
Letojanni ME 17 2861 42458
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 17 980 43438
Rodì Milici ME 17 2056 45494
Calatabiano CT 17 5308 50802
Savoca ME 17 1732 52534
Taormina ME 17 10960 63494
Piedimonte Etneo CT 17 3963 67457
Forza d'Agrò ME 17 911 68368
Giardini-Naxos ME 18 9415 77783
Sant'Alessio Siculo ME 18 1554 79337
Falcone ME 18 2808 82145
San Piero Patti ME 19 2915 85060
Pagliara ME 19 1170 86230
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 19 9623 95853
Santa Teresa di Riva ME 20 9377 105230
Terme Vigliatore ME 20 7395 112625
Randazzo CT 20 10900 123525
Oliveri ME 20 2181 125706

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
39 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
44 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
47 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
51 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 0.6 2024-02-03
22:44:41
37.9612 15.1457 6 2024-02-03
23:10:35
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 125017851
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2024-02-03 22:44:41 ± 0.18
Latitude 37.9612 ± 0.0054
Longitude 15.1457 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 6 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 125017851

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 610
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 219
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 153
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 610.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 146
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 12
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.23
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.06655
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.24641
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:0.6

Field Value
Value 0.6
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 125017851
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-02-03 23:10:35
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2024-02-03T22:44:51.05 0.6 undecidable manual S 291 25.4523 103 0.28 46
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2024-02-03T22:44:51.16 0.3 undecidable manual S 41 27.3504 102 -0.27 69
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2024-02-03T22:44:49.83 0.3 undecidable manual S 228 23.1546 105 -0.17 71
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2024-02-03T22:44:49.82 0.6 undecidable manual S 306 23.3544 104 -0.23 46
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2024-02-03T22:44:47.11 0.6 undecidable manual P 41 27.3504 102 -0.2 46
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2024-02-03T22:44:47.01 0.1 undecidable manual P 291 25.4523 103 0.08 96
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2024-02-03T22:44:46.27 0.1 undecidable manual P 228 23.1546 105 -0.22 93
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2024-02-03T22:44:46.84 0.1 undecidable manual P 306 23.3544 104 0.32 91
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2024-02-03T22:44:45.21 0.6 undecidable manual S 82 7.6812 128 0.12 49
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2024-02-03T22:44:44.83 0.3 undecidable manual S 354 7.3815 129 -0.18 72
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2024-02-03T22:44:43.62 0.1 positive manual P 354 7.3815 129 0.01 100
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2024-02-03T22:44:43.96 0.1 negative manual P 82 7.6812 128 0.31 94
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.0 0.0001855 0.54 AML other m 2024-02-03T22:44:45.51
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.1 0.00021250000000000002 0.24 AML other m 2024-02-03T22:44:46.07
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:1.6 0.0007080099 0.2048 AML other m 2024-02-03T22:44:44.87
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:1.4 0.0004423551 0.192 AML other m 2024-02-03T22:44:45.16
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:0.4 0.000015545715 0.384 AML other m 2024-02-03T22:44:52.72
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:0.8 0.00003312958 0.2048 AML other m 2024-02-03T22:44:51.24
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