Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 03-04-2024 and time 02:43:57 (UTC) in region 1 km E Sant'Alfio (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.6 earthquake occured in region: 1 km E Sant'Alfio (CT), on

  • 03-04-2024 02:43:57 (UTC)
  • 03-04-2024 04:43:57 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7460, 15.1610 at 5 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
Sant'Alfio CT 1 1582 1582
Giarre CT 3 27659 29241
Mascali CT 3 14282 43523
Riposto CT 4 14838 58361
Milo CT 5 1087 59448
Santa Venerina CT 7 8592 68040
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 7 9623 77663
Piedimonte Etneo CT 7 3963 81626
Zafferana Etnea CT 8 9517 91143
Calatabiano CT 11 5308 96451
Linguaglossa CT 11 5403 101854
Gaggi ME 14 3184 105038
Giardini-Naxos ME 15 9415 114453
Acireale CT 15 52622 167075
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 16 3215 170290
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 16 17984 188274
Aci Catena CT 16 29851 218125
Trecastagni CT 16 10910 229035
Viagrande CT 16 8563 237598
Taormina ME 16 10960 248558
Castelmola ME 16 1088 249646
Pedara CT 17 14102 263748
Motta Camastra ME 17 845 264593
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 17 3524 268117
Graniti ME 17 1492 269609
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 18 3945 273554
Nicolosi CT 19 7463 281017
Valverde CT 19 7840 288857
San Giovanni la Punta CT 20 23060 311917
Moio Alcantara ME 20 717 312634
Letojanni ME 20 2861 315495

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
15 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
28 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
59 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
61 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
77 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
99 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 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 2024-04-03
02:43:57
37.746 15.161 5 2024-04-03
02:52:42
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 126428051
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2024-04-03 02:43:57
Latitude 37.7460
Longitude 15.1610
Depth (km) 5 (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 126428051

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) 123
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) 0.09
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 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 126428051
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-04-03 02:52:42
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