Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 15-07-2020 and time 09:00:08 (Italy) in region 1 km SE Ragalna (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: 1 km SE Ragalna (CT), on

  • 15-07-2020 07:00:08 (UTC)
  • 15-07-2020 09:00:08 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6270, 14.9460 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
Ragalna CT 1 3924 3924
Belpasso CT 5 28108 32032
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 5 7641 39673
PaternĂ² CT 7 48228 87901
Biancavilla CT 7 24007 111908
Nicolosi CT 7 7463 119371
Camporotondo Etneo CT 8 5023 124394
San Pietro Clarenza CT 9 7743 132137
Pedara CT 10 14102 146239
Adrano CT 11 36122 182361
Mascalucia CT 11 31958 214319
Trecastagni CT 12 10910 225229
Tremestieri Etneo CT 13 20589 245818
Gravina di Catania CT 13 25838 271656
Motta Sant'Anastasia CT 13 12116 283772
Misterbianco CT 13 49410 333182
Viagrande CT 13 8563 341745
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 14 9479 351224
San Giovanni la Punta CT 14 23060 374284
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 15 3524 377808
Zafferana Etnea CT 16 9517 387325
San Gregorio di Catania CT 16 11966 399291
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 16 17984 417275
Valverde CT 17 7840 425115
Aci Catena CT 18 29851 454966
Centuripe EN 18 5470 460436
Santa Venerina CT 18 8592 469028
Catania CT 19 314555 783583
Milo CT 19 1087 784670
Aci Castello CT 19 18723 803393
Acireale CT 20 52622 856015

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
19 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
20 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
70 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
79 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
80 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
82 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
83 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
84 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
87 Km N of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
88 Km NE of Gela (75827 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 1.5 2020-07-15
07:00:08
37.627 14.946 0 2020-07-15
07:19:23
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 81046031
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-07-15 07:00:08
Latitude 37.6270
Longitude 14.9460
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 81046031

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) 131
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) 0.3
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:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 81046031
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-07-15 07:19:23
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