Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 02-04-2024 and time 16:17:19 (UTC) in region 6 km SW Moio Alcantara (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.6 earthquake occured in region: 6 km SW Moio Alcantara (ME), on

  • 02-04-2024 16:17:19 (UTC)
  • 02-04-2024 18:17:19 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8520, 15.0300 at 11 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 6 717 717
Malvagna ME 8 733 1450
Randazzo CT 8 10900 12350
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 9 3215 15565
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 9 980 16545
Roccella Valdemone ME 9 666 17211
Linguaglossa CT 10 5403 22614
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 11 3945 26559
Motta Camastra ME 14 845 27404
Piedimonte Etneo CT 14 3963 31367
Maletto CT 15 3920 35287
Sant'Alfio CT 16 1582 36869
Milo CT 16 1087 37956
Gaggi ME 17 3184 41140
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 17 9623 50763
Calatabiano CT 18 5308 56071
Graniti ME 18 1492 57563
Mascali CT 18 14282 71845
Zafferana Etnea CT 19 9517 81362
Floresta ME 19 485 81847
Bronte CT 19 19172 101019
Giarre CT 19 27659 128678
Montalbano Elicona ME 19 2287 130965
Maniace CT 20 3765 134730
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 20 1019 135749

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
29 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
39 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
60 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
61 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
91 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 1.6 2024-04-02
16:17:19
37.852 15.03 11 2024-04-02
16:34:10
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 126412181
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2024-04-02 16:17:19
Latitude 37.8520
Longitude 15.0300
Depth (km) 11 (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 126412181

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) 1400.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 172
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) 0.27
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 0.4
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 126412181
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-04-02 16:34:10
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