Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.0 on date 17-03-2024 and time 23:49:27 (Italy) in region 3 km E Petralia Soprana (PA)

A magnitude ML 1.0 earthquake occured in region: 3 km E Petralia Soprana (PA), on

  • 17-03-2024 22:49:27 (UTC)
  • 17-03-2024 23:49:27 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7920, 14.1400 at 10 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
Petralia Soprana PA 3 3360 3360
Petralia Sottana PA 5 2821 6181
Gangi PA 6 6811 12992
Bompietro PA 6 1401 14393
Blufi PA 7 1029 15422
Geraci Siculo PA 8 1945 17367
Castellana Sicula PA 9 3411 20778
Alimena PA 11 2032 22810
Polizzi Generosa PA 13 3407 26217
San Mauro Castelverde PA 15 1701 27918
Resuttano CL 16 2038 29956
Castelbuono PA 17 8943 38899
Castel di Lucio ME 18 1294 40193
Sperlinga EN 19 805 40998

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
34 Km N of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
64 Km SE of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
73 Km NE of Agrigento (59770 inhabitants)
77 Km SE of Palermo (674435 inhabitants)
81 Km N of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
89 Km W of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
93 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
100 Km NW of Vittoria (63339 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 1.0 2024-03-17
22:49:27
37.7917 14.1405 10 2024-03-17
22:56:49
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 125951991
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2024-03-17 22:49:27 ± 0.22
Latitude 37.7917 ± 0.0036
Longitude 14.1405 ± 0.0182
Depth (km) 10 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 125951991

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1614
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 233
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 274
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1610.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 204
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 10
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.16
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.04676
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.21764
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

ML:1.0

Field Value
Value 1.0
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 125951991
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-03-17 22:56:49
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.GIB.HHZ. 2024-03-17T22:49:37.17 0.6 undecidable manual S 336 24.1536 113 0.17 48
IV.PLLN.EHZ. 2024-03-17T22:49:36.63 0.6 undecidable manual S 1 22.2555 114 0.24 48
IV.RESU.HHZ. 2024-03-17T22:49:35.20 0.6 undecidable manual S 205 17.6712 120 0.23 48
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2024-03-17T22:49:34.83 0.6 undecidable manual S 336 17.6712 120 -0.15 49
IV.GIB.HHZ. 2024-03-17T22:49:33.36 1.0 undecidable manual P 336 24.1536 113 0.2 24
IV.PLLN.EHZ. 2024-03-17T22:49:32.91 0.6 negative manual P 1 22.2555 114 0.09 49
IV.PETRA.HHZ. 2024-03-17T22:49:31.86 0.6 undecidable manual S 334 5.1948 153 0.03 51
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2024-03-17T22:49:31.70 0.6 positive manual P 336 17.6712 120 -0.29 47
IV.RESU.HHZ. 2024-03-17T22:49:31.88 0.6 positive manual P 205 17.6712 120 -0.1 49
IV.PETRA.HHZ. 2024-03-17T22:49:30.04 0.1 positive manual P 334 5.1948 153 -0.14 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.CSLB.HHE. ML:0.9 0.00006395000000000001 0.24 AML other m 2024-03-17T22:49:35.39
IV.CSLB.HHN. ML:0.9 0.00005855 0.28 AML other m 2024-03-17T22:49:37.91
IV.RESU.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00014900000000000002 1.5 AML other m 2024-03-17T22:49:38.81
IV.RESU.HHE. ML:1.0 0.00008080000000000001 1.02 AML other m 2024-03-17T22:49:39.57
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