Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.0 on date 13-08-2024 and time 17:23:02 (UTC) in region 5 km NW Zafferana Etnea (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.0 earthquake occured in region: 5 km NW Zafferana Etnea (CT), on

  • 13-08-2024 17:23:02 (UTC)
  • 13-08-2024 19:23:02 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7240, 15.0570 at 4 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
Zafferana Etnea CT 5 9517 9517
Milo CT 5 1087 10604
Sant'Alfio CT 8 1582 12186
Santa Venerina CT 8 8592 20778
Giarre CT 11 27659 48437
Pedara CT 12 14102 62539
Trecastagni CT 12 10910 73449
Nicolosi CT 12 7463 80912
Mascali CT 13 14282 95194
Riposto CT 13 14838 110032
Viagrande CT 13 8563 118595
Piedimonte Etneo CT 14 3963 122558
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 14 17984 140542
Ragalna CT 15 3924 144466
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 15 3524 147990
Linguaglossa CT 15 5403 153393
Aci Catena CT 15 29851 183244
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 16 9623 192867
Acireale CT 16 52622 245489
Belpasso CT 16 28108 273597
Tremestieri Etneo CT 16 20589 294186
San Giovanni la Punta CT 17 23060 317246
Mascalucia CT 17 31958 349204
San Pietro Clarenza CT 17 7743 356947
Valverde CT 17 7840 364787
Camporotondo Etneo CT 18 5023 369810
Gravina di Catania CT 18 25838 395648
San Gregorio di Catania CT 18 11966 407614
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 18 9479 417093
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 19 3215 420308
Calatabiano CT 19 5308 425616
Biancavilla CT 19 24007 449623
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 19 7641 457264
Moio Alcantara ME 20 717 457981
Randazzo CT 20 10900 468881

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
16 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
25 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
67 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
68 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
77 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
91 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
93 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
98 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
100 Km N of Modica (54633 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 1.0 2024-08-13
17:23:02
37.724 15.057 4 2024-08-13
17:29:58
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 130659221
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2024-08-13 17:23:02
Latitude 37.7240
Longitude 15.0570
Depth (km) 4 (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 130659221

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) 98
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) 0.13
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:1.0

Field Value
Value 1.0
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 130659221
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-08-13 17:29:58
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