Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 01-04-2024 and time 03:28:41 (UTC) in region 2 km S Moio Alcantara (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.3 earthquake occured in region: 2 km S Moio Alcantara (ME), on

  • 01-04-2024 03:28:41 (UTC)
  • 01-04-2024 05:28:41 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8790, 15.0430 at 6 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
Moio Alcantara ME 2 717 717
Malvagna ME 5 733 1450
Roccella Valdemone ME 7 666 2116
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 7 3215 5331
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 8 980 6311
Randazzo CT 8 10900 17211
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 9 3945 21156
Linguaglossa CT 10 5403 26559
Motta Camastra ME 12 845 27404
Piedimonte Etneo CT 14 3963 31367
Gaggi ME 16 3184 34551
Graniti ME 16 1492 36043
Maletto CT 16 3920 39963
Montalbano Elicona ME 16 2287 42250
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 17 1019 43269
Floresta ME 17 485 43754
Novara di Sicilia ME 17 1337 45091
Calatabiano CT 17 5308 50399
Sant'Alfio CT 17 1582 51981
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 17 9623 61604
Milo CT 18 1087 62691
Mascali CT 19 14282 76973
Tripi ME 20 873 77846

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
32 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
42 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
57 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
59 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
94 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
96 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 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 1.3 2024-04-01
03:28:41
37.879 15.043 6 2024-04-01
03:32:49
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 126354001
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2024-04-01 03:28:41
Latitude 37.8790
Longitude 15.0430
Depth (km) 6 (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 126354001

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) 400.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 93
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:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 126354001
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-04-01 03:32:49
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