Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.1 on date 16-04-2024 and time 01:46:10 (UTC) in region 3 km W Milo (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.1 earthquake occured in region: 3 km W Milo (CT), on

  • 16-04-2024 01:46:10 (UTC)
  • 16-04-2024 03:46:10 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7330, 15.0900 at 6 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 3 1087 1087
Zafferana Etnea CT 4 9517 10604
Sant'Alfio CT 5 1582 12186
Santa Venerina CT 7 8592 20778
Giarre CT 8 27659 48437
Mascali CT 10 14282 62719
Riposto CT 10 14838 77557
Piedimonte Etneo CT 12 3963 81520
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 13 9623 91143
Trecastagni CT 13 10910 102053
Linguaglossa CT 13 5403 107456
Pedara CT 13 14102 121558
Viagrande CT 14 8563 130121
Nicolosi CT 14 7463 137584
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 14 17984 155568
Acireale CT 15 52622 208190
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 15 3524 211714
Aci Catena CT 15 29851 241565
Calatabiano CT 16 5308 246873
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 17 3215 250088
San Giovanni la Punta CT 17 23060 273148
Valverde CT 17 7840 280988
Ragalna CT 17 3924 284912
Tremestieri Etneo CT 17 20589 305501
Mascalucia CT 18 31958 337459
Gaggi ME 18 3184 340643
Belpasso CT 19 28108 368751
San Pietro Clarenza CT 19 7743 376494
San Gregorio di Catania CT 19 11966 388460
Moio Alcantara ME 19 717 389177
Gravina di Catania CT 19 25838 415015
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 19 9479 424494
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 19 3945 428439
Motta Camastra ME 20 845 429284
Camporotondo Etneo CT 20 5023 434307

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
15 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
26 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
64 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
66 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
77 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
94 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
95 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
100 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 1.1 2024-04-16
01:46:10
37.733 15.09 6 2024-04-16
01:52:33
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 126774781
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2024-04-16 01:46:10
Latitude 37.7330
Longitude 15.0900
Depth (km) 6 (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 126774781

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) 120
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) 0.19
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:1.1

Field Value
Value 1.1
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 126774781
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-04-16 01:52:33
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