Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 11-09-2024 and time 04:30:05 (UTC) in region 1 km N Aci Catena (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: 1 km N Aci Catena (CT), on

  • 11-09-2024 04:30:05 (UTC)
  • 11-09-2024 06:30:05 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6110, 15.1400 at 7 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
Aci Catena CT 1 29851 29851
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 1 17984 47835
Acireale CT 2 52622 100457
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 3 3524 103981
Valverde CT 4 7840 111821
Viagrande CT 4 8563 120384
San Giovanni la Punta CT 5 23060 143444
Trecastagni CT 5 10910 154354
San Gregorio di Catania CT 6 11966 166320
Aci Castello CT 6 18723 185043
Pedara CT 7 14102 199145
Tremestieri Etneo CT 7 20589 219734
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 8 9479 229213
Mascalucia CT 9 31958 261171
Santa Venerina CT 9 8592 269763
Gravina di Catania CT 9 25838 295601
Zafferana Etnea CT 10 9517 305118
Nicolosi CT 10 7463 312581
San Pietro Clarenza CT 11 7743 320324
Camporotondo Etneo CT 13 5023 325347
Catania CT 13 314555 639902
Milo CT 13 1087 640989
Giarre CT 14 27659 668648
Belpasso CT 14 28108 696756
Riposto CT 15 14838 711594
Sant'Alfio CT 15 1582 713176
Misterbianco CT 15 49410 762586
Mascali CT 17 14282 776868
Ragalna CT 18 3924 780792
Motta Sant'Anastasia CT 19 12116 792908

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
2 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
13 Km NE of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
63 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
71 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
75 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
84 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
90 Km NE of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
91 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
96 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
99 Km NE of Gela (75827 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 2024-09-11
04:30:05
37.611 15.14 7 2024-09-11
06:11:42
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 131352921
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2024-09-11 04:30:05
Latitude 37.6110
Longitude 15.1400
Depth (km) 7 (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 131352921

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) 900.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 170
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) 0.11
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 131352921
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-09-11 06:11:42
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