Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 12-09-2024 and time 22:02:38 (Italy) in region 2 km W Zafferana Etnea (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.6 earthquake occured in region: 2 km W Zafferana Etnea (CT), on

  • 12-09-2024 20:02:38 (UTC)
  • 12-09-2024 22:02:38 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6950, 15.0810 at 3 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 2 9517 9517
Milo CT 5 1087 10604
Santa Venerina CT 5 8592 19196
Sant'Alfio CT 8 1582 20778
Trecastagni CT 9 10910 31688
Pedara CT 9 14102 45790
Viagrande CT 9 8563 54353
Giarre CT 10 27659 82012
Nicolosi CT 10 7463 89475
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 11 17984 107459
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 11 3524 110983
Aci Catena CT 12 29851 140834
Riposto CT 12 14838 155672
Acireale CT 12 52622 208294
Mascali CT 12 14282 222576
San Giovanni la Punta CT 13 23060 245636
Tremestieri Etneo CT 13 20589 266225
Valverde CT 13 7840 274065
Mascalucia CT 14 31958 306023
Ragalna CT 14 3924 309947
San Pietro Clarenza CT 14 7743 317690
Belpasso CT 15 28108 345798
San Gregorio di Catania CT 15 11966 357764
Gravina di Catania CT 15 25838 383602
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 15 9479 393081
Piedimonte Etneo CT 15 3963 397044
Camporotondo Etneo CT 16 5023 402067
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 16 9623 411690
Aci Castello CT 16 18723 430413
Linguaglossa CT 17 5403 435816
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 19 7641 443457
Calatabiano CT 19 5308 448765
Biancavilla CT 20 24007 472772

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
12 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
21 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
68 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
70 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
73 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
91 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
93 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
96 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
97 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 1.6 2024-09-12
20:02:38
37.695 15.081 3 2024-09-12
20:13:29
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 131393531
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2024-09-12 20:02:38
Latitude 37.6950
Longitude 15.0810
Depth (km) 3 (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 131393531

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) 100.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 50
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) 0.21
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:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 131393531
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-09-12 20:13:29
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