Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 22-03-2024 and time 22:02:25 (UTC) in region Costa Catanese (Catania)

A magnitude ML 1.6 earthquake occured in region: Costa Catanese (Catania), on

  • 22-03-2024 22:02:25 (UTC)
  • 22-03-2024 23:02:25 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.5130, 15.2360 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
Aci Castello CT 9 18723 18723
Valverde CT 12 7840 26563
San Gregorio di Catania CT 13 11966 38529
Acireale CT 13 52622 91151
Aci Catena CT 13 29851 121002
Catania CT 13 314555 435557
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 14 17984 453541
San Giovanni la Punta CT 14 23060 476601
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 15 9479 486080
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 15 3524 489604
Tremestieri Etneo CT 16 20589 510193
Gravina di Catania CT 16 25838 536031
Viagrande CT 16 8563 544594
Mascalucia CT 18 31958 576552
Trecastagni CT 18 10910 587462
Pedara CT 19 14102 601564
San Pietro Clarenza CT 20 7743 609307

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
13 Km SE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
13 Km E of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
51 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
76 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
79 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
81 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
84 Km NE of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
88 Km NE 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
Rev200
ML 1.6 2024-03-22
22:02:25
37.513 15.236 24 2024-03-22
22:09:55
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 126067911
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2024-03-22 22:02:25
Latitude 37.5130
Longitude 15.2360
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 126067911

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) 1000.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 203
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) 0.2
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 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 126067911
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-03-22 22:09:55
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