Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 16-07-2020 and time 06:01:07 (Italy) in region 8 km W Zafferana Etnea (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.3 earthquake occured in region: 8 km W Zafferana Etnea (CT), on

  • 16-07-2020 04:01:07 (UTC)
  • 16-07-2020 06:01:07 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7190, 15.0140 at 3 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
Zafferana Etnea CT 8 9517 9517
Milo CT 9 1087 10604
Nicolosi CT 12 7463 18067
Santa Venerina CT 12 8592 26659
Ragalna CT 12 3924 30583
Sant'Alfio CT 12 1582 32165
Pedara CT 12 14102 46267
Trecastagni CT 13 10910 57177
Viagrande CT 14 8563 65740
Belpasso CT 14 28108 93848
Giarre CT 15 27659 121507
Biancavilla CT 15 24007 145514
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 16 7641 153155
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 16 3524 156679
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 16 17984 174663
San Pietro Clarenza CT 16 7743 182406
Mascalucia CT 17 31958 214364
Tremestieri Etneo CT 17 20589 234953
Mascali CT 17 14282 249235
Camporotondo Etneo CT 17 5023 254258
Riposto CT 17 14838 269096
Aci Catena CT 17 29851 298947
Adrano CT 17 36122 335069
San Giovanni la Punta CT 17 23060 358129
Piedimonte Etneo CT 18 3963 362092
Bronte CT 18 19172 381264
Linguaglossa CT 18 5403 386667
Acireale CT 18 52622 439289
Maletto CT 18 3920 443209
Gravina di Catania CT 18 25838 469047
Valverde CT 18 7840 476887
PaternĂ² CT 19 48228 525115
Randazzo CT 19 10900 536015
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 19 9479 545494
San Gregorio di Catania CT 19 11966 557460
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 19 9623 567083

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
18 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
25 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
70 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
71 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
77 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
88 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
92 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
95 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
98 Km N of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
99 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 1.3 2020-07-16
04:01:07
37.719 15.014 3 2020-07-16
05:03:30
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 81065331
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-07-16 04:01:07
Latitude 37.7190
Longitude 15.0140
Depth (km) 3 (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 81065331

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) 55
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) 0.11
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:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 81065331
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-07-16 05:03:30
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