May 2, 2024, 11:43: Earthquake at Costa Siciliana nord-occidentale (Trapani)
Earthquakes with magnitude 2.4 felt at 11:43 on 2 May 2024.
Place: Costa Siciliana nord-occidentale (Trapani).
On Thursday 2 May 2024 at 11:43 an earthquake of magnitude 2.4 and depth 7.3 km was recorded in Costa Siciliana nord-occidentale (Trapani). Further info on the INGV webpage
by clicking here.
Based on the depth of the hypocenter, earthquakes are
classified into superficial
(hypocenter between 0 e 70 and deep), intermediate (Hypocenter between 70 and 300 km deep) and
deep
(hypocenter between 300 and 720 km deep). The earthquake that occurred at 11:43 on 2 May 2024 with epicenter Costa Siciliana nord-occidentale (Trapani), having a depth of 7.3 km is therefore classified as superficial.
Being of magnitude 2.4, therefore between 2 and 3, this earthquake is classified as "very light". This type of earthquake is not
generally felt, but recorded only by seismographs.
Credits: data from INGV, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, ingv.it