Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.8 on date 22-05-2024 and time 07:57:10 (Italy) in region 1 km N Linguaglossa (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.8 earthquake occured in region: 1 km N Linguaglossa (CT), on

  • 22-05-2024 05:57:10 (UTC)
  • 22-05-2024 07:57:10 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8520, 15.1410 at 8 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Sismica INGV-Roma.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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 1 5403 5403
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 4 3215 8618
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 6 3945 12563
Motta Camastra ME 6 845 13408
Piedimonte Etneo CT 6 3963 17371
Gaggi ME 7 3184 20555
Calatabiano CT 8 5308 25863
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 9 9623 35486
Graniti ME 9 1492 36978
Moio Alcantara ME 10 717 37695
Malvagna ME 11 733 38428
Mascali CT 12 14282 52710
Sant'Alfio CT 12 1582 54292
Castelmola ME 12 1088 55380
Giardini-Naxos ME 12 9415 64795
Taormina ME 13 10960 75755
Mongiuffi Melia ME 13 600 76355
Giarre CT 14 27659 104014
Roccafiorita ME 14 197 104211
Milo CT 14 1087 105298
Riposto CT 14 14838 120136
Roccella Valdemone ME 15 666 120802
Gallodoro ME 15 367 121169
Letojanni ME 15 2861 124030
Limina ME 15 836 124866
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 15 1019 125885
Antillo ME 17 919 126804
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 17 980 127784
Randazzo CT 17 10900 138684
Zafferana Etnea CT 18 9517 148201
Santa Venerina CT 18 8592 156793
Novara di Sicilia ME 18 1337 158130
Forza d'Agrò ME 19 911 159041
Sant'Alessio Siculo ME 19 1554 160595

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
27 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
39 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
53 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
53 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
89 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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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 1.8 2024-05-22
05:57:10
37.852 15.141 8 2024-05-22
14:29:46
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 128051081
Reviewed
Rev200
ML 1.8 2024-05-22
05:57:10
37.852 15.141 8 2024-05-22
14:28:43
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 128051061
Reviewed
Rev200
ML 1.8 2024-05-22
05:57:10
37.852 15.141 8 2024-05-22
06:06:14
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 128026881
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2024-05-22 05:57:10
Latitude 37.8520
Longitude 15.1410
Depth (km) 8 ± 0 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 200 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 128051081

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) 300.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 110
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) 0.14
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
Magnitudes information

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 128051061
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-05-22 14:28:43

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 128026881
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-05-22 06:06:14

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 128051081
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-05-22 14:29:46
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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