Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.7 on date 23-03-2024 and time 11:41:35 (Italy) in region 3 km N Pedara (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.7 earthquake occured in region: 3 km N Pedara (CT), on

  • 23-03-2024 10:41:35 (UTC)
  • 23-03-2024 11:41:35 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6430, 15.0670 at 1 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania).

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
Pedara CT 3 14102 14102
Trecastagni CT 3 10910 25012
Viagrande CT 4 8563 33575
Nicolosi CT 5 7463 41038
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 6 3524 44562
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 7 17984 62546
Zafferana Etnea CT 7 9517 72063
Tremestieri Etneo CT 7 20589 92652
San Giovanni la Punta CT 8 23060 115712
Mascalucia CT 8 31958 147670
Aci Catena CT 8 29851 177521
Santa Venerina CT 8 8592 186113
San Pietro Clarenza CT 9 7743 193856
Valverde CT 9 7840 201696
Gravina di Catania CT 9 25838 227534
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 9 9479 237013
San Gregorio di Catania CT 9 11966 248979
Acireale CT 9 52622 301601
Belpasso CT 10 28108 329709
Camporotondo Etneo CT 10 5023 334732
Milo CT 10 1087 335819
Ragalna CT 11 3924 339743
Aci Castello CT 12 18723 358466
Sant'Alfio CT 13 1582 360048
Giarre CT 14 27659 387707
Misterbianco CT 15 49410 437117
Catania CT 16 314555 751672
Riposto CT 16 14838 766510
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 16 7641 774151
PaternĂ² CT 16 48228 822379
Motta Sant'Anastasia CT 17 12116 834495
Mascali CT 17 14282 848777
Biancavilla CT 17 24007 872784

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
9 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
16 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
68 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
73 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
75 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
85 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
90 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
90 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
91 Km N of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
97 Km NE of Gela (75827 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 1.7 2024-03-23
10:41:35
37.643 15.067 1 2024-03-23
10:58:05
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 126079891
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2024-03-23 10:41:35
Latitude 37.6430
Longitude 15.0670
Depth (km) 1 (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 126079891

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) 200.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 89
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) 0.28
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:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 126079891
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-03-23 10:58:05
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