Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 01-04-2024 and time 12:44:45 (Italy) in region 5 km SW Moio Alcantara (ME)

A magnitude ML 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 5 km SW Moio Alcantara (ME), on

  • 01-04-2024 10:44:45 (UTC)
  • 01-04-2024 12:44:45 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8680, 15.0190 at 7 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 5 717 717
Randazzo CT 7 10900 11617
Malvagna ME 7 733 12350
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 7 980 13330
Roccella Valdemone ME 7 666 13996
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 9 3215 17211
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 11 3945 21156
Linguaglossa CT 11 5403 26559
Motta Camastra ME 14 845 27404
Maletto CT 14 3920 31324
Piedimonte Etneo CT 16 3963 35287
Floresta ME 17 485 35772
Montalbano Elicona ME 17 2287 38059
Sant'Alfio CT 18 1582 39641
Gaggi ME 18 3184 42825
Milo CT 18 1087 43912
Maniace CT 19 3765 47677
Bronte CT 19 19172 66849
Graniti ME 19 1492 68341
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 19 9623 77964
Calatabiano CT 19 5308 83272
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 19 1019 84291
Novara di Sicilia ME 19 1337 85628
Mascali CT 20 14282 99910

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
31 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
41 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
60 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
61 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
93 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
94 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 2.0 2024-04-01
10:44:45
37.868 15.019 7 2024-04-01
10:49:16
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 126364101
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2024-04-01 10:44:45
Latitude 37.8680
Longitude 15.0190
Depth (km) 7 (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 126364101

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) 300.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 77
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) 0.23
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:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 126364101
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-04-01 10:49:16
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