Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.1 on date 24-07-2020 and time 11:04:23 (Italy) in region 2 km SE Ragalna (CT)

A magnitude ML 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 2 km SE Ragalna (CT), on

  • 24-07-2020 09:04:23 (UTC)
  • 24-07-2020 11:04:23 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6140, 14.9520 at 0 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
Ragalna CT 2 3924 3924
Belpasso CT 3 28108 32032
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 6 7641 39673
PaternĂ² CT 6 48228 87901
Nicolosi CT 7 7463 95364
Camporotondo Etneo CT 7 5023 100387
San Pietro Clarenza CT 8 7743 108130
Biancavilla CT 8 24007 132137
Pedara CT 10 14102 146239
Mascalucia CT 10 31958 178197
Trecastagni CT 11 10910 189107
Motta Sant'Anastasia CT 11 12116 201223
Misterbianco CT 11 49410 250633
Gravina di Catania CT 11 25838 276471
Tremestieri Etneo CT 11 20589 297060
Adrano CT 12 36122 333182
Viagrande CT 13 8563 341745
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 13 9479 351224
San Giovanni la Punta CT 13 23060 374284
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 14 3524 377808
San Gregorio di Catania CT 15 11966 389774
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 15 17984 407758
Valverde CT 16 7840 415598
Zafferana Etnea CT 16 9517 425115
Aci Catena CT 17 29851 454966
Catania CT 17 314555 769521
Aci Castello CT 18 18723 788244
Centuripe EN 19 5470 793714
Santa Venerina CT 19 8592 802306
Acireale CT 19 52622 854928
Milo CT 19 1087 856015

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
17 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
19 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
69 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
79 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
80 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
82 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
82 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
84 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
86 Km N of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
87 Km NE of Gela (75827 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
Reviewed
Rev200
ML 2.1 2020-07-24
09:04:23
37.614 14.952 0 2020-07-24
09:49:31
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 81299971
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-07-24 09:04:23
Latitude 37.6140
Longitude 14.9520
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 81299971

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) 192
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) 0.24
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:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 81299971
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-07-24 09:49:31
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
Fault Plane solutions in the area
Download
Type Description Link
QuakeML - small Event, Origin, FocalMechanism Download
QuakeML - full Event, Origin, FocalMechanism, Amplitude, Arrival, Pick, Station Magnitude Download
Waveforms Seismic signals in miniseed + resp format Download