Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.4 on date 04-04-2024 and time 05:52:17 (Italy) in region 5 km W Linguaglossa (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.4 earthquake occured in region: 5 km W Linguaglossa (CT), on

  • 04-04-2024 03:52:17 (UTC)
  • 04-04-2024 05:52:17 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8440, 15.0910 at 12 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
Linguaglossa CT 5 5403 5403
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 5 3215 8618
Moio Alcantara ME 7 717 9335
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 8 3945 13280
Piedimonte Etneo CT 9 3963 17243
Malvagna ME 9 733 17976
Motta Camastra ME 9 845 18821
Gaggi ME 12 3184 22005
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 12 9623 31628
Sant'Alfio CT 12 1582 33210
Roccella Valdemone ME 12 666 33876
Calatabiano CT 12 5308 39184
Graniti ME 13 1492 40676
Mascali CT 13 14282 54958
Randazzo CT 13 10900 65858
Milo CT 14 1087 66945
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 14 980 67925
Giarre CT 15 27659 95584
Riposto CT 16 14838 110422
Castelmola ME 16 1088 111510
Giardini-Naxos ME 16 9415 120925
Zafferana Etnea CT 17 9517 130442
Taormina ME 17 10960 141402
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 17 1019 142421
Mongiuffi Melia ME 18 600 143021
Santa Venerina CT 18 8592 151613
Roccafiorita ME 18 197 151810
Gallodoro ME 19 367 152177
Limina ME 19 836 153013
Letojanni ME 19 2861 155874
Novara di Sicilia ME 20 1337 157211
Maletto CT 20 3920 161131

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
27 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
38 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
56 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
57 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
89 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
99 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 1.4 2024-04-04
03:52:17
37.8443 15.0913 12 2024-04-04
04:10:05
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 126461711
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2024-04-04 03:52:17 ± 0.26
Latitude 37.8443 ± 0.0144
Longitude 15.0913 ± 0.0182
Depth (km) 12 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 126461711

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1830
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 539
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 135
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1830.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 167
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 9
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.41
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.04317
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.52520
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitude information

ML:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 126461711
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-04-04 04:10:05
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2024-04-04T03:52:27.52 0.1 undecidable manual P 199 58.2972 91 -0.05 96
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2024-04-04T03:52:26.18 0.1 undecidable manual P 252 48.3183 92 0.14 97
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2024-04-04T03:52:25.49 0.3 undecidable manual S 264 20.6682 98 0.34 73
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2024-04-04T03:52:22.17 0.1 undecidable manual P 11 20.7681 98 0.38 97
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2024-04-04T03:52:22.84 0.6 positive manual P 319 29.1486 94 -0.23 50
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2024-04-04T03:52:21.54 0.6 undecidable manual S 32 4.8951 152 -0.07 53
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2024-04-04T03:52:21.22 0.1 positive manual P 264 20.6682 98 -0.56 93
IV.EPIT.HHZ. 2024-04-04T03:52:20.10 0.1 undecidable manual P 220 4.7952 152 0.38 100
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2024-04-04T03:52:19.20 0.3 negative manual P 32 4.8951 152 -0.53 71
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.ECTS.HHN. ML:1.6 0.0005855 1.2 AML other m 2024-04-04T03:52:21.79
IV.ECTS.HHE. ML:1.5 0.0004335 0.78 AML other m 2024-04-04T03:52:22.29
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:1.3 0.0001356 0.34 AML other m 2024-04-04T03:52:26.41
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:1.3 0.0001255 0.74 AML other m 2024-04-04T03:52:28.25
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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