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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.9 on date 05-04-2024 and time 19:58:00 (UTC) in region 1 km NW Floresta (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.9 earthquake occured in region: 1 km NW Floresta (ME), on

  • 05-04-2024 19:58:00 (UTC)
  • 05-04-2024 21:58:00 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9960, 14.9040 at 32 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.

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Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Floresta ME 1 485 485
Ucria ME 6 1058 1543
Raccuja ME 7 1041 2584
Tortorici ME 8 6435 9019
San Piero Patti ME 8 2915 11934
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 10 980 12914
Montalbano Elicona ME 10 2287 15201
Sinagra ME 11 2705 17906
Roccella Valdemone ME 12 666 18572
Librizzi ME 12 1660 20232
Galati Mamertino ME 12 2627 22859
Castell'Umberto ME 13 3128 25987
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 13 3090 29077
Randazzo CT 14 10900 39977
Longi ME 14 1473 41450
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 14 1319 42769
Ficarra ME 14 1469 44238
Malvagna ME 16 733 44971
Montagnareale ME 16 1615 46586
Basicò ME 16 612 47198
Frazzanò ME 16 711 47909
Mirto ME 17 974 48883
Moio Alcantara ME 17 717 49600
Patti ME 17 13431 63031
Maniace CT 17 3765 66796
Naso ME 17 3813 70609
Alcara li Fusi ME 18 1980 72589
Tripi ME 18 873 73462
Maletto CT 19 3920 77382
Piraino ME 19 3962 81344
Brolo ME 19 5783 87127
Gioiosa Marea ME 20 7074 94201
Oliveri ME 20 2181 96382
San Marco d'Alunzio ME 20 1996 98378

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
48 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
57 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
61 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
66 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
93 Km NE 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 1.9 2024-04-05
19:58:00		 37.9963 14.9043 32 2024-04-05
20:05:03		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 126505351
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2024-04-05 19:58:00 ± 0.21
Latitude 37.9963 ± 0.0099
Longitude 14.9043 ± 0.0114
Depth (km) 32 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 126505351

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 985
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 489
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 141
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 980.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 56
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 27
Number of defining phases 15
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.24
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.39390
Number of stations at which the event was observed 22
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 11
Magnitude information

ML:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 38
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 126505351
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-04-05 20:05:03
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SSY.HHZ. 2024-04-05T19:58:26.79 3.0 undecidable manual S -0.65 0
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2024-04-05T19:58:20.13 3.0 undecidable manual S -2.38 0
IV.HAVL.HHZ. 2024-04-05T19:58:17.88 3.0 positive manual Pn -0.47 0
IV.RAFF.HHZ. 2024-04-05T19:58:16.05 3.0 positive manual P -0.05 0
IV.SSY.HHZ. 2024-04-05T19:58:14.59 3.0 positive manual P -1 0
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2024-04-05T19:58:13.50 3.0 negative manual P 0.56 0
IV.PLLN.EHZ. 2024-04-05T19:58:13.25 3.0 negative manual P 0.78 0
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2024-04-05T19:58:12.15 0.3 undecidable manual S 192 19.5693 146 0.65 62
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2024-04-05T19:58:12.30 3.0 positive manual P 0.35 0
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2024-04-05T19:58:11.57 0.3 undecidable manual S 80 20.5683 144 -0.09 73
7C.SPAOL.HNZ. 2024-04-05T19:58:10.77 3.0 negative manual P 0.41 0
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2024-04-05T19:58:10.32 0.3 undecidable manual S 12 9.879 161 -0.01 75
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2024-04-05T19:58:09.67 0.1 positive manual P 43 41.7249 123 0.33 89
IV.EPOZ.HHZ. 2024-04-05T19:58:09.71 0.6 undecidable manual P 145 43.7229 121 0.11 46
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2024-04-05T19:58:09.67 0.3 negative manual P 67 42.5241 122 0.23 68
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2024-04-05T19:58:09.80 0.3 undecidable manual S 333 5.7942 169 -0.25 73
IV.IVGP.HHZ. 2024-04-05T19:58:09.83 3.0 positive manual P -0.26 0
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2024-04-05T19:58:09.58 3.0 undecidable manual P -0.26 0
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2024-04-05T19:58:09.53 0.6 undecidable manual P 223 43.3233 122 -0.02 47
IV.ESML.HHZ. 2024-04-05T19:58:08.93 3.0 negative manual P -0.2 0
IV.MCPD.HHZ. 2024-04-05T19:58:07.06 0.3 undecidable manual P 312 20.4684 144 0.14 72
IV.EPMN.HHZ. 2024-04-05T19:58:07.62 0.3 positive manual P 129 30.8469 132 -0.38 67
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2024-04-05T19:58:07.63 0.1 undecidable manual P 279 27.6501 135 -0.01 97
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2024-04-05T19:58:06.16 0.1 undecidable manual P 12 9.879 161 -0.02 100
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2024-04-05T19:58:06.62 0.3 undecidable manual P 192 19.5693 146 -0.23 71
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2024-04-05T19:58:06.77 0.1 positive manual P 80 20.5683 144 -0.17 96
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2024-04-05T19:58:05.86 0.1 negative manual P 333 5.7942 169 -0.16 98
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.7 0.00022 0.54 AML other m 2024-04-05T19:58:10.08
IV.IVPL.HNN. ML:2.3 0.000467 0.42 AML other m 2024-04-05T19:58:10.30
IV.LIBRI.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00016849999999999998 0.46 AML other m 2024-04-05T19:58:10.68
IV.LIBRI.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00012485 1.38 AML other m 2024-04-05T19:58:10.69
IV.IVPL.HNE. ML:2.4 0.0005605 0.98 AML other m 2024-04-05T19:58:10.34
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.9 0.000386 0.54 AML other m 2024-04-05T19:58:11.27
IV.LIBRI.HNN. ML:1.9 0.000378 0.28 AML other m 2024-04-05T19:58:11.64
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:1.8 0.0002415 1.38 AML other m 2024-04-05T19:58:12.73
IV.LIBRI.HNE. ML:1.9 0.000324 0.2 AML other m 2024-04-05T19:58:12.45
IV.EPZF.HNE. ML:2.2 0.0005945 0.32 AML other m 2024-04-05T19:58:12.40
IV.EPZF.HHE. ML:2.2 0.0006185 0.32 AML other m 2024-04-05T19:58:12.41
IV.EPZF.HNN. ML:2.2 0.0006875 1.16 AML other m 2024-04-05T19:58:13.74
IV.EPZF.HHN. ML:2.2 0.0007375000000000001 1.16 AML other m 2024-04-05T19:58:13.75
IV.MCPD.HHE. ML:1.2 0.0000535 0.38 AML other m 2024-04-05T19:58:13.17
IV.MCPD.HHN. ML:1.1 0.0000521 0.38 AML other m 2024-04-05T19:58:13.04
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:1.8 0.00022950000000000002 0.34 AML other m 2024-04-05T19:58:13.36
IV.EPMN.HHN. ML:1.9 0.000268 0.24 AML other m 2024-04-05T19:58:13.80
IV.EPMN.HHE. ML:2.0 0.0002915 0.7 AML other m 2024-04-05T19:58:14.42
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:1.7 0.0001365 1.04 AML other m 2024-04-05T19:58:17.72
IV.GALF.HHN. ML:1.9 0.000211 0.54 AML other m 2024-04-05T19:58:18.33
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00010915 1.14 AML other m 2024-04-05T19:58:18.93
IV.GALF.HNE. ML:1.9 0.00017449999999999999 0.56 AML other m 2024-04-05T19:58:18.27
IV.GALF.HHE. ML:2.1 0.0003165 0.52 AML other m 2024-04-05T19:58:18.53
IV.GALF.HNN. ML:1.7 0.0001105 1.56 AML other m 2024-04-05T19:58:18.01
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.9 0.00019 1.08 AML other m 2024-04-05T19:58:18.86
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.9 0.00020500000000000002 0.92 AML other m 2024-04-05T19:58:19.79
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:1.7 0.00011649999999999999 0.5 AML other m 2024-04-05T19:58:20.35
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:1.5 0.00008450000000000001 1.72 AML other m 2024-04-05T19:58:21.91
IV.IVGP.HHE. ML:1.4 0.0000558 0.76 AML other m 2024-04-05T19:58:21.08
IV.IVGP.HHN. ML:1.4 0.0000622 0.62 AML other m 2024-04-05T19:58:21.14
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:1.8 0.00011999999999999999 1.44 AML other m 2024-04-05T19:58:23.99
IV.MSRU.HNN. ML:2.0 0.00019350000000000001 0.56 AML other m 2024-04-05T19:58:23.00
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:2.0 0.000186 0.24 AML other m 2024-04-05T19:58:23.97
IV.MSRU.HNE. ML:2.0 0.000178 0.22 AML other m 2024-04-05T19:58:23.97
IV.PLLN.EHE. ML:1.7 0.0000853 0.52 AML other m 2024-04-05T19:58:28.65
IV.PLLN.EHN. ML:2.0 0.00014150000000000002 1 AML other m 2024-04-05T19:58:28.40
IV.SSY.HHN. ML:2.0 0.00010555 1.58 AML other m 2024-04-05T19:58:29.19
IV.SSY.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00004575 0.98 AML other m 2024-04-05T19:58:31.00
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