Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.1 on date 02-04-2024 and time 20:54:25 (UTC) in region 4 km SE Montalbano Elicona (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.1 earthquake occured in region: 4 km SE Montalbano Elicona (ME), on

  • 02-04-2024 20:54:25 (UTC)
  • 02-04-2024 22:54:25 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0070, 15.0520 at 8 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Sismica INGV-Roma.

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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
Montalbano Elicona ME 4 2287 2287
Basicò ME 6 612 2899
Tripi ME 6 873 3772
Novara di Sicilia ME 7 1337 5109
Roccella Valdemone ME 9 666 5775
San Piero Patti ME 9 2915 8690
Malvagna ME 10 733 9423
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 11 1019 10442
Moio Alcantara ME 12 717 11159
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 12 1531 12690
Falcone ME 13 2808 15498
Floresta ME 13 485 15983
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 13 980 16963
Furnari ME 13 3784 20747
Librizzi ME 13 1660 22407
Oliveri ME 13 2181 24588
Raccuja ME 14 1041 25629
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 14 3945 29574
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 15 3215 32789
Rodì Milici ME 16 2056 34845
Ucria ME 16 1058 35903
Motta Camastra ME 16 845 36748
Patti ME 17 13431 50179
Montagnareale ME 17 1615 51794
Randazzo CT 17 10900 62694
Antillo ME 17 919 63613
Castroreale ME 17 2504 66117
Terme Vigliatore ME 18 7395 73512
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 19 3090 76602
Sinagra ME 20 2705 79307
Graniti ME 20 1492 80799
Linguaglossa CT 20 5403 86202

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
45 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
49 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
53 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
56 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.1 2024-04-02
20:54:25
38.0067 15.0523 8 2024-04-02
21:00:23
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 126418301
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2024-04-02 20:54:25 ± 0.35
Latitude 38.0067 ± 0.0144
Longitude 15.0523 ± 0.0091
Depth (km) 8 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 126418301

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1351
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 862
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 190
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1350.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 129
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 8
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) 0.07015
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.27429
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

ML:1.1

Field Value
Value 1.1
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 126418301
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-04-02 21:00:23
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2024-04-02T20:54:32.13 0.6 undecidable manual S 285 16.0728 116 0.24 48
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2024-04-02T20:54:31.86 0.6 positive manual P 59 30.4473 104 -0.14 48
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2024-04-02T20:54:30.52 0.6 undecidable manual S 308 13.7751 119 -0.65 43
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2024-04-02T20:54:29.48 0.1 positive manual P 285 16.0728 116 0.2 98
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2024-04-02T20:54:29.57 0.6 undecidable manual S 72 7.7811 135 0.07 51
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2024-04-02T20:54:28.05 0.1 negative manual P 72 7.7811 135 0.16 100
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2024-04-02T20:54:28.97 1.0 negative manual P 308 13.7751 119 0.11 25
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2024-04-02T20:54:28.84 0.3 undecidable manual P 156 15.0738 117 -0.25 73
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:1.4 0.0004465 1.8 AML other m 2024-04-02T20:54:29.96
IV.NOV.HNN. ML:0.8 0.00011 0.34 AML other m 2024-04-02T20:54:29.96
IV.NOV.HNE. ML:0.6 0.00006769999999999999 0.26 AML other m 2024-04-02T20:54:30.40
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00029200000000000005 0.26 AML other m 2024-04-02T20:54:30.40
IV.LIBRI.HNN. ML:1.2 0.0001625 0.36 AML other m 2024-04-02T20:54:32.78
IV.LIBRI.HNE. ML:1.0 0.00011205000000000001 0.66 AML other m 2024-04-02T20:54:33.56
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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