Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.4 on date 02-04-2024 and time 17:01:25 (UTC) in region 2 km SE Moio Alcantara (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.4 earthquake occured in region: 2 km SE Moio Alcantara (ME), on

  • 02-04-2024 17:01:25 (UTC)
  • 02-04-2024 19:01:25 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8860, 15.0570 at 9 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 4 733 1450
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 6 3215 4665
Roccella Valdemone ME 7 666 5331
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 7 3945 9276
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 9 980 10256
Linguaglossa CT 9 5403 15659
Randazzo CT 10 10900 26559
Motta Camastra ME 10 845 27404
Piedimonte Etneo CT 14 3963 31367
Gaggi ME 15 3184 34551
Graniti ME 15 1492 36043
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 15 1019 37062
Montalbano Elicona ME 16 2287 39349
Novara di Sicilia ME 16 1337 40686
Calatabiano CT 17 5308 45994
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 17 9623 55617
Floresta ME 17 485 56102
Sant'Alfio CT 18 1582 57684
Maletto CT 18 3920 61604
Tripi ME 19 873 62477
Mascali CT 19 14282 76759
Milo CT 19 1087 77846
Roccafiorita ME 19 197 78043
Mongiuffi Melia ME 19 600 78643
Antillo ME 19 919 79562
Castelmola ME 20 1088 80650
Basicò ME 20 612 81262
San Piero Patti ME 20 2915 84177

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
32 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
43 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
56 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
57 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
94 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
98 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 1.4 2024-04-02
17:01:25
37.886 15.057 9 2024-04-02
17:07:48
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 126413731
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2024-04-02 17:01:25
Latitude 37.8860
Longitude 15.0570
Depth (km) 9 (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 126413731

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) 900.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 144
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) 0.13
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:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 126413731
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-04-02 17:07:48
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