Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.1 on date 18-08-2020 and time 07:13:36 (Italy) in region 11 km W Milo (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.1 earthquake occured in region: 11 km W Milo (CT), on

  • 18-08-2020 05:13:36 (UTC)
  • 18-08-2020 07:13:36 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7570, 15.0030 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
Milo CT 11 1087 1087
Zafferana Etnea CT 11 9517 10604
Sant'Alfio CT 13 1582 12186
Santa Venerina CT 14 8592 20778
Randazzo CT 14 10900 31678
Maletto CT 15 3920 35598
Ragalna CT 15 3924 39522
Bronte CT 15 19172 58694
Linguaglossa CT 16 5403 64097
Nicolosi CT 16 7463 71560
Pedara CT 16 14102 85662
Giarre CT 16 27659 113321
Moio Alcantara ME 16 717 114038
Piedimonte Etneo CT 17 3963 118001
Trecastagni CT 17 10910 128911
Mascali CT 17 14282 143193
Biancavilla CT 17 24007 167200
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 18 3215 170415
Riposto CT 18 14838 185253
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 18 980 186233
Viagrande CT 18 8563 194796
Adrano CT 18 36122 230918
Belpasso CT 18 28108 259026
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 19 7641 266667
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 19 9623 276290
Malvagna ME 19 733 277023
Roccella Valdemone ME 20 666 277689
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 20 3524 281213
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 20 17984 299197
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 20 3945 303142

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
22 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
29 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
69 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
69 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
82 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
88 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
95 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
99 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 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 1.1 2020-08-18
05:13:36
37.757 15.003 0 2020-08-18
05:27:07
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 82105581
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-08-18 05:13:36
Latitude 37.7570
Longitude 15.0030
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 82105581

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) 600.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 79
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) 0.09
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:1.1

Field Value
Value 1.1
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 82105581
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-08-18 05:27:07
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