Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.1 on date 23-09-2024 and time 18:21:58 (Italy) in region 3 km SE Santa Venerina (CT)

A magnitude ML 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 3 km SE Santa Venerina (CT), on

  • 23-09-2024 16:21:58 (UTC)
  • 23-09-2024 18:21:58 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6690, 15.1590 at 6 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania).

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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
Santa Venerina CT 3 8592 8592
Zafferana Etnea CT 6 9517 18109
Acireale CT 6 52622 70731
Milo CT 7 1087 71818
Giarre CT 7 27659 99477
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 7 17984 117461
Aci Catena CT 7 29851 147312
Riposto CT 8 14838 162150
Viagrande CT 8 8563 170713
Sant'Alfio CT 9 1582 172295
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 9 3524 175819
Trecastagni CT 9 10910 186729
Pedara CT 10 14102 200831
Valverde CT 10 7840 208671
Mascali CT 11 14282 222953
San Giovanni la Punta CT 12 23060 246013
San Gregorio di Catania CT 12 11966 257979
Aci Castello CT 13 18723 276702
Tremestieri Etneo CT 13 20589 297291
Nicolosi CT 13 7463 304754
Mascalucia CT 14 31958 336712
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 14 9479 346191
Gravina di Catania CT 15 25838 372029
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 15 9623 381652
Piedimonte Etneo CT 16 3963 385615
San Pietro Clarenza CT 16 7743 393358
Camporotondo Etneo CT 18 5023 398381
Belpasso CT 18 28108 426489
Calatabiano CT 18 5308 431797
Linguaglossa CT 19 5403 437200
Catania CT 19 314555 751755
Ragalna CT 20 3924 755679

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
6 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
19 Km NE of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
65 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
68 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
69 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
91 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
97 Km NE of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
97 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
99 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 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 2.1 2024-09-23
16:21:58
37.669 15.159 5 2024-09-23
16:35:58
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 131644321
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2024-09-23 16:21:58
Latitude 37.6690
Longitude 15.1590
Depth (km) 5 (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 131644321

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) 100
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) 0.26
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:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 131644321
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2024-09-23 16:35:58
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