Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 17-08-2024 and time 01:15:01 (UTC) in region 11 km W Milo (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: 11 km W Milo (CT), on

  • 17-08-2024 01:15:01 (UTC)
  • 17-08-2024 03:15:01 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7490, 14.9940 at 0 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 11 1087 1087
Zafferana Etnea CT 11 9517 10604
Sant'Alfio CT 13 1582 12186
Ragalna CT 14 3924 16110
Maletto CT 14 3920 20030
Santa Venerina CT 15 8592 28622
Bronte CT 15 19172 47794
Randazzo CT 15 10900 58694
Nicolosi CT 15 7463 66157
Pedara CT 16 14102 80259
Biancavilla CT 16 24007 104266
Trecastagni CT 16 10910 115176
Linguaglossa CT 17 5403 120579
Giarre CT 17 27659 148238
Adrano CT 17 36122 184360
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 17 7641 192001
Belpasso CT 18 28108 220109
Moio Alcantara ME 18 717 220826
Piedimonte Etneo CT 18 3963 224789
Mascali CT 18 14282 239071
Viagrande CT 18 8563 247634
Riposto CT 19 14838 262472
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 19 3215 265687
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 19 980 266667
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 20 3524 270191
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 20 9623 279814
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 20 17984 297798
San Pietro Clarenza CT 20 7743 305541
Malvagna ME 20 733 306274

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
21 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
29 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
70 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
70 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
81 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
87 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
94 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
98 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 2024-08-17
01:15:01
37.749 14.994 0 2024-08-17
01:17:43
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 130749111
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2024-08-17 01:15:01
Latitude 37.7490
Longitude 14.9940
Depth (km) 0 (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 130749111

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) 106
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) 0.08
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 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 130749111
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-08-17 01:17:43
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