Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.9 on date 16-04-2023 and time 23:08:09 (UTC) in region 7 km W Linguaglossa (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.9 earthquake occured in region: 7 km W Linguaglossa (CT), on

  • 16-04-2023 23:08:09 (UTC)
  • 17-04-2023 01:08:09 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8250, 15.0630 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
Linguaglossa CT 7 5403 5403
Moio Alcantara ME 8 717 6120
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 8 3215 9335
Piedimonte Etneo CT 10 3963 13298
Malvagna ME 11 733 14031
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 11 3945 17976
Sant'Alfio CT 11 1582 19558
Randazzo CT 12 10900 30458
Milo CT 12 1087 31545
Motta Camastra ME 13 845 32390
Roccella Valdemone ME 13 666 33056
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 13 9623 42679
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 14 980 43659
Mascali CT 14 14282 57941
Gaggi ME 15 3184 61125
Calatabiano CT 15 5308 66433
Zafferana Etnea CT 15 9517 75950
Giarre CT 15 27659 103609
Riposto CT 16 14838 118447
Graniti ME 16 1492 119939
Santa Venerina CT 17 8592 128531
Maletto CT 17 3920 132451
Giardini-Naxos ME 19 9415 141866
Castelmola ME 19 1088 142954
Taormina ME 20 10960 153914

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
25 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
36 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
60 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
60 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
87 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
96 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 1.9 2023-04-16
23:08:09
37.825 15.063 0 2023-04-16
23:27:46
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 116443101
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-04-16 23:08:09
Latitude 37.8250
Longitude 15.0630
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 116443101

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) 500.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 90
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) 0.2
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:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 116443101
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-04-16 23:27:46
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