Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 28-05-2024 and time 13:59:19 (Italy) in region Linguaglossa (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: Linguaglossa (CT), on

  • 28-05-2024 11:59:19 (UTC)
  • 28-05-2024 13:59:19 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8420, 15.1410 at 8 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
Linguaglossa CT 0 5403 5403
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 5 3215 8618
Piedimonte Etneo CT 5 3963 12581
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 7 3945 16526
Motta Camastra ME 7 845 17371
Gaggi ME 7 3184 20555
Calatabiano CT 8 5308 25863
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 8 9623 35486
Graniti ME 9 1492 36978
Moio Alcantara ME 10 717 37695
Mascali CT 11 14282 51977
Sant'Alfio CT 11 1582 53559
Malvagna ME 12 733 54292
Giardini-Naxos ME 12 9415 63707
Castelmola ME 12 1088 64795
Taormina ME 13 10960 75755
Giarre CT 13 27659 103414
Milo CT 13 1087 104501
Riposto CT 13 14838 119339
Mongiuffi Melia ME 14 600 119939
Roccafiorita ME 15 197 120136
Gallodoro ME 15 367 120503
Letojanni ME 15 2861 123364
Roccella Valdemone ME 15 666 124030
Limina ME 16 836 124866
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 16 1019 125885
Zafferana Etnea CT 17 9517 135402
Santa Venerina CT 17 8592 143994
Randazzo CT 18 10900 154894
Antillo ME 18 919 155813
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 18 980 156793
Forza d'Agrò ME 19 911 157704
Novara di Sicilia ME 20 1337 159041
Sant'Alessio Siculo ME 20 1554 160595

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
26 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
38 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
53 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
54 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
88 Km N of Siracusa (122291 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 1.5 2024-05-28
11:59:19
37.842 15.141 8 2024-05-28
12:07:54
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 128269881
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2024-05-28 11:59:19
Latitude 37.8420
Longitude 15.1410
Depth (km) 8 (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 128269881

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) 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) 0.06
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:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 128269881
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-05-28 12:07:54
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