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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.5 on date 22-03-2020 and time 10:10:09 (UTC) in region 2 km W Milo (CT)

A magnitude ML 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 2 km W Milo (CT), on

  • 22-03-2020 10:10:09 (UTC)
  • 22-03-2020 11:10:09 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7310, 15.0910 at 7 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

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The values of hypocentral coordinates and magnitude may be revised at a later time as more information becomes available.

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Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Milo CT 2 1087 1087
Zafferana Etnea CT 4 9517 10604
Sant'Alfio CT 5 1582 12186
Santa Venerina CT 6 8592 20778
Giarre CT 8 27659 48437
Mascali CT 10 14282 62719
Riposto CT 10 14838 77557
Piedimonte Etneo CT 12 3963 81520
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 13 9623 91143
Trecastagni CT 13 10910 102053
Pedara CT 13 14102 116155
Linguaglossa CT 13 5403 121558
Viagrande CT 13 8563 130121
Nicolosi CT 14 7463 137584
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 14 17984 155568
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 15 3524 159092
Acireale CT 15 52622 211714
Aci Catena CT 15 29851 241565
Calatabiano CT 16 5308 246873
San Giovanni la Punta CT 17 23060 269933
Valverde CT 17 7840 277773
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 17 3215 280988
Tremestieri Etneo CT 17 20589 301577
Ragalna CT 17 3924 305501
Mascalucia CT 18 31958 337459
Belpasso CT 18 28108 365567
San Pietro Clarenza CT 18 7743 373310
San Gregorio di Catania CT 18 11966 385276
Gaggi ME 19 3184 388460
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 19 9479 397939
Gravina di Catania CT 19 25838 423777
Moio Alcantara ME 19 717 424494
Camporotondo Etneo CT 20 5023 429517
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 20 3945 433462
Motta Camastra ME 20 845 434307
Aci Castello CT 20 18723 453030

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
15 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
25 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
64 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
66 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
77 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
94 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
95 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
100 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 2.5 2020-03-22
10:10:09		 37.7308 15.0912 7 2020-07-18
21:08:30		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 77783981
Reviewed
Rev200 		ML 2.6 2020-03-22
10:10:08		 37.746 15.058 5 2020-03-22
10:24:50		 Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania) 77464861
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-03-22 10:10:09 ± 0.09
Latitude 37.7308 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.0912 ± 0.0080
Depth (km) 7 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 77783981

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 639
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 237
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 290
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 640.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 62
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 68
Number of defining phases 68
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.41
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.05486
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 1.75548
Number of stations at which the event was observed 51
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 51
Magnitudes information

ML:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 65
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 77783981
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-04-02 09:48:29

ML:2.6

Field Value
Value 2.6
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 77464861
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-03-22 10:24:50
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
XK.SELL.HNE. 2020-03-22T10:10:41.72 0.6 undecidable manual P 43 192.7626 38 0.77 25
IV.CAR1.HHZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:40.73 0.3 undecidable manual P 30 194.8605 38 -0.49 41
IV.CORL.HHZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:36.75 1.0 undecidable manual P 277 157.7199 50 0.8 15
IV.PLAC.HHE. 2020-03-22T10:10:34.48 0.6 undecidable manual P 55 142.0467 50 0.93 29
IV.SCIAR.HNE. 2020-03-22T10:10:31.54 1.0 undecidable manual P 282 119.7912 50 1.42 12
IV.ALJA.HHZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:31.60 0.6 undecidable manual P 271 117.2937 50 1.87 18
IV.SSY.HHZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:30.00 0.6 undecidable manual S 181 63.5919 50 -0.01 45
IV.CLTA.HHN. 2020-03-22T10:10:30.22 0.6 undecidable manual P 238 117.993 50 0.38 38
IV.HPAC.HHE. 2020-03-22T10:10:29.12 0.6 undecidable manual P 182 113.4975 50 -0.03 41
IV.ACATE.HNE. 2020-03-22T10:10:29.14 1.0 undecidable manual P 214 94.1391 50 2.98 1
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:29.93 0.6 undecidable manual P 35 119.3916 50 -0.12 40
IV.IACL.HHZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:28.74 0.1 undecidable manual P 324 109.7124 50 0.17 80
IV.HVZN.HNZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:28.75 1.0 undecidable manual P 69.6747 6.36 0
IV.IFIL.HHZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:27.93 0.6 undecidable manual P 334 102.8193 50 0.43 38
IV.CPTP.HHZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:27.53 1.0 undecidable manual P 247 89.1441 50 2.13 7
IV.PLLN.EHZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:26.32 0.6 undecidable manual P 290 87.9453 50 1.11 30
IV.HAGA.HHZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:26.02 0.6 undecidable manual S 173 49.8168 50 -0.3 44
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:26.93 1.0 undecidable manual P 285 93.3399 50 0.89 16
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:25.91 1.0 undecidable manual P 65 92.4408 50 0.01 21
IV.PETRA.HHN. 2020-03-22T10:10:25.86 0.6 undecidable manual P 278 86.3469 50 0.9 33
IV.GMB.BHE. 2020-03-22T10:10:25.03 0.6 undecidable manual P 53 80.7636 50 0.94 33
IV.RESU.HHZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:25.22 1.0 undecidable manual P 264 91.242 50 -0.5 19
IT.LNT.HGZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:25.84 0.6 undecidable manual S 189 49.7169 50 -0.46 42
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:25.92 0.6 undecidable manual P 50 91.5417 50 0.17 41
IV.ILLI.HNN. 2020-03-22T10:10:25.40 1.0 undecidable manual P 351 80.2641 50 1.38 13
IV.RAFF.HHZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:24.63 1.0 undecidable manual P 229 85.4478 50 -0.19 21
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:24.71 0.6 undecidable manual S 204 46.62 50 -0.76 38
MN.VAE.HHZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:23.40 0.6 undecidable manual P 246 71.0733 50 0.8 36
IV.SICLA.EHN. 2020-03-22T10:10:23.49 0.6 undecidable manual P 43 79.7646 50 -0.46 40
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:23.36 0.6 undecidable manual S 331 39.5271 50 -0.22 45
IV.IVGP.HHN. 2020-03-22T10:10:23.14 0.6 undecidable manual P 351 74.7696 50 -0.03 44
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:23.12 0.1 undecidable manual P 352 72.2721 50 0.33 83
IV.CAGR.HHE. 2020-03-22T10:10:21.29 1.0 undecidable manual P 257 53.3022 50 1.42 13
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:21.91 0.6 undecidable manual P 32 69.4749 50 -0.45 41
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:21.18 0.3 undecidable manual P 60 61.2942 50 0.08 67
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:20.53 0.6 undecidable manual P 12 61.1943 50 -0.55 40
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:20.88 0.3 undecidable manual S 25 29.4483 104 0.59 63
IV.SSY.HHZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:20.69 0.6 undecidable manual P 181 63.5919 50 -0.76 37
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:20.74 0.3 undecidable manual P 308 55.2003 50 0.58 60
IT.LNT.HGZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:20.16 1.0 undecidable manual P 189 49.7169 50 0.85 18
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:19.01 0.3 undecidable manual P 26 51.5151 50 -0.57 61
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:19.11 0.6 undecidable manual S 297 22.9548 108 0.97 36
IV.ESML.HHZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:18.33 0.3 undecidable manual S 236 22.3554 108 0.37 68
IV.HAGA.HHZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:18.93 0.6 undecidable manual P 173 49.8168 50 -0.4 43
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:18.62 0.1 positive manual P 267 46.1205 50 -0.13 91
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:17.81 1.0 undecidable manual P 204 46.62 50 -1.02 17
IV.EPOZ.HHZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:17.07 0.6 undecidable manual S 127 10.7781 125 2.77 6
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:16.88 0.1 positive manual P 331 39.5271 50 -0.86 73
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:16.50 0.6 undecidable manual S 309 15.873 115 0.64 42
IV.ECHR.HHE. 2020-03-22T10:10:16.53 0.6 undecidable manual S 252 16.3725 114 0.52 44
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:16.31 0.6 undecidable manual S 9 16.9719 114 0.12 48
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:15.21 0.1 positive manual P 25 29.4483 104 -0.63 82
IV.EVRN.HNN. 2020-03-22T10:10:14.03 0.6 undecidable manual S 140 6.0939 141 0.94 38
IV.ESML.HHZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:14.23 0.1 positive manual P 236 22.3554 108 -0.26 92
IV.EPIT.HHN. 2020-03-22T10:10:14.61 0.6 undecidable manual S 341 9.3795 128 0.68 42
IV.ENIC.HHZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:14.87 0.6 undecidable manual S 209 12.5763 120 0.03 49
IV.EPOZ.HHZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:13.11 0.1 positive manual P 127 10.7781 125 0.72 82
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:13.97 0.3 undecidable manual P 297 22.9548 108 -0.63 62
IV.EMCN.HNZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:13.57 0.6 undecidable manual S 323 8.3805 132 -0.08 49
IV.ESLN.HHZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:13.47 0.6 undecidable manual S 248 11.0778 124 -0.92 38
IV.ECHR.HHE. 2020-03-22T10:10:13.05 0.6 undecidable manual P 252 16.3725 114 -0.32 46
IV.ENIC.HHZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:12.13 0.6 undecidable manual P 209 12.5763 120 -0.57 43
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:12.74 0.1 negative manual P 309 15.873 115 -0.54 87
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:12.85 0.1 positive manual P 9 16.9719 114 -0.62 84
IV.ESLN.HHZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:11.56 1.0 undecidable manual P 248 11.0778 124 -0.87 19
IV.EPIT.HHN. 2020-03-22T10:10:11.86 0.1 positive manual P 341 9.3795 128 -0.31 93
IV.EVRN.HNN. 2020-03-22T10:10:11.69 0.1 positive manual P 140 6.0939 141 0.01 100
IV.EMCN.HNZ. 2020-03-22T10:10:11.38 0.1 undecidable manual P 323 8.3805 132 -0.63 85
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.EPOZ.HHN. ML:0.0 0.017307894999999997 0.4032 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:17.80
IV.EPOZ.HHE. ML:0.0 0.01645918 0.416 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:17.97
IV.EPZF.HHN. ML:0.0 0.0034423400000000003 0.3008 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:22.44
IV.EPZF.HHE. ML:0.0 0.0041548555000000004 0.48 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:23.61
IV.HLNI.HHN. ML:0.0 0.00025291565 0.3008 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:30.32
IV.HLNI.HHE. ML:0.0 0.00019036222 0.1344 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:30.43
IV.EMCN.HNN. ML:3.1 0.021465409999999997 0.16 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:13.81
IV.ESLN.HHN. ML:2.9 0.0119764335 0.2752 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:13.62
IV.ESLN.HHE. ML:3.0 0.013718521499999999 0.3008 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:13.62
IV.ENIC.HHE. ML:2.8 0.008690680499999999 0.1856 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:14.98
IV.ENIC.HHN. ML:2.8 0.008681236 0.2048 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:17.46
IV.ENIC.HNN. ML:2.9 0.009034663 0.1792 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:17.49
IV.ENIC.HNE. ML:2.9 0.010987012499999999 0.1984 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:14.91
IV.EMSG.HHN. ML:3.0 0.0091115915 0.2752 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:18.55
IV.EMSG.HHE. ML:2.9 0.008722762 0.3008 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:22.87
IV.ECTS.HHN. ML:2.3 0.0017338505 0.2624 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:17.05
IV.ECTS.HHE. ML:2.4 0.002270381 0.5376 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:16.11
IV.ESML.HHE. ML:2.6 0.0030553050000000003 0.3008 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:21.48
IV.ESML.HHN. ML:2.6 0.0026947305000000004 0.5824 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:19.81
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:2.4 0.0012876495 0.4416 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:26.09
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:2.2 0.000820103 0.2176 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:22.51
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:2.4 0.0009554614000000001 0.3776 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:25.88
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:2.5 0.0011159115000000002 0.544 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:24.13
IV.GALF.HNN. ML:1.9 0.00021835074999999998 0.7168 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:40.12
IV.GALF.HHN. ML:2.7 0.0014439215 0.6592 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:40.10
IV.GALF.HHE. ML:2.8 0.0018130365 0.5184 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:37.10
IV.GALF.HNE. ML:1.9 0.0002118272 0.5952 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:32.60
IV.HAGA.HHE. ML:2.0 0.00023763815 0.2176 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:28.95
IV.HAGA.HHN. ML:2.0 0.0002457782 0.2048 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:26.44
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:2.6 0.0009029799999999998 0.5376 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:33.40
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:2.6 0.0009715156 0.6016 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:31.63
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:2.5 0.00070655615 0.7808 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:36.06
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:2.6 0.00091791935 0.3584 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:33.10
IV.SSY.HHE. ML:2.6 0.0007496777500000001 0.1024 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:31.67
IV.SSY.HHN. ML:3.0 0.0020192215 0.1792 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:33.76
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:2.0 0.00023332724999999997 0.5184 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:30.90
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:2.0 0.00022343590000000003 0.7232 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:32.21
IV.MTTG.HHE. ML:2.2 0.0003358452 0.5376 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:35.43
IV.MTTG.HHN. ML:2.2 0.00035918965000000005 0.5632 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:35.26
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:2.5 0.0005163555 0.2816 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:36.65
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:2.3 0.00036506289999999996 0.3776 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:36.66
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:2.5 0.0005855979 0.32 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:38.73
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:2.6 0.00073335035 0.4224 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:41.89
IV.RESU.HHN. ML:1.9 0.000087177665 0.5184 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:48.01
IV.RESU.HHE. ML:1.9 0.00008917382 0.864 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:59.73
IV.SOI.EHN. ML:2.0 0.000105478945 0.9216 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:46.61
IV.SOI.EHE. ML:1.8 0.000079085975 0.6848 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:50.64
MN.CEL.HHE. ML:2.1 0.00013581575 0.5568 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:47.57
MN.CEL.HHN. ML:2.1 0.00013123384 0.3968 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:42.62
MN.CEL.HNE. ML:2.1 0.00014579915 0.5376 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:47.58
MN.CEL.HNN. ML:2.1 0.00013225630500000003 0.5376 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:43.90
IV.PLLN.EHE. ML:2.5 0.0003733341 0.7232 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:44.12
IV.PLLN.EHN. ML:2.7 0.000600341 0.8192 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:44.25
IV.CSLB.HHN. ML:1.9 0.00008243115 0.96 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:44.25
IV.CSLB.HHE. ML:1.9 0.000093001305 0.4992 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:44.69
IV.IFIL.HHE. ML:3.0 0.0009144600000000001 0.32 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:45.67
IV.IFIL.HHN. ML:2.6 0.00039491065 0.5376 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:45.60
IV.IACL.HHE. ML:2.4 0.00024152865 0.6208 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:46.19
IV.IACL.HHN. ML:2.7 0.0003892564 0.3968 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:51.20
IV.JOPP.HHE. ML:1.9 0.0000631172 0.2624 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:51.32
IV.JOPP.HHN. ML:2.1 0.00009004002999999999 0.4032 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:48.16
IV.CAR1.HNE. ML:2.8 0.00018634905 0.8384 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:10:58.31
IV.CAR1.HHE. ML:2.5 0.000090799685 0.4224 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:11:07.48
IV.CAR1.HHN. ML:2.6 0.00011512729999999999 0.4352 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:11:07.07
IV.CAR1.HNN. ML:2.8 0.00018415825 0.9408 AML other m 2020-03-22T10:11:13.11
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