Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 11-04-2024 and time 17:17:22 (Italy) in region 6 km W Milo (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: 6 km W Milo (CT), on

  • 11-04-2024 15:17:22 (UTC)
  • 11-04-2024 17:17:22 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7440, 15.0540 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
Milo CT 6 1087 1087
Zafferana Etnea CT 7 9517 10604
Sant'Alfio CT 8 1582 12186
Santa Venerina CT 10 8592 20778
Giarre CT 12 27659 48437
Mascali CT 13 14282 62719
Piedimonte Etneo CT 13 3963 66682
Riposto CT 13 14838 81520
Linguaglossa CT 14 5403 86923
Pedara CT 14 14102 101025
Trecastagni CT 14 10910 111935
Nicolosi CT 15 7463 119398
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 15 9623 129021
Viagrande CT 15 8563 137584
Ragalna CT 16 3924 141508
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 17 17984 159492
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 17 3215 162707
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 17 3524 166231
Moio Alcantara ME 17 717 166948
Aci Catena CT 17 29851 196799
Acireale CT 18 52622 249421
Randazzo CT 18 10900 260321
Calatabiano CT 18 5308 265629
Belpasso CT 18 28108 293737
Tremestieri Etneo CT 19 20589 314326
San Giovanni la Punta CT 19 23060 337386
Mascalucia CT 19 31958 369344
Maletto CT 19 3920 373264
San Pietro Clarenza CT 19 7743 381007
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 19 3945 384952
Valverde CT 19 7840 392792
Malvagna ME 20 733 393525
Gaggi ME 20 3184 396709
Biancavilla CT 20 24007 420716
Motta Camastra ME 20 845 421561
Camporotondo Etneo CT 20 5023 426584

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
18 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
27 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
66 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
67 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
79 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
92 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
95 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
99 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 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 1.2 2024-04-11
15:17:22
37.744 15.054 5 2024-04-11
15:23:22
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 126648401
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2024-04-11 15:17:22
Latitude 37.7440
Longitude 15.0540
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 126648401

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) 600.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 73
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) 0.16
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:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 126648401
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-04-11 15:23:22
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