Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.4 on date 25-08-2020 and time 21:26:53 (Italy) in region 11 km W Milo (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.4 earthquake occured in region: 11 km W Milo (CT), on

  • 25-08-2020 19:26:53 (UTC)
  • 25-08-2020 21:26:53 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7550, 14.9980 at 1 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
Maletto CT 14 3920 16106
Santa Venerina CT 15 8592 24698
Randazzo CT 15 10900 35598
Ragalna CT 15 3924 39522
Bronte CT 15 19172 58694
Nicolosi CT 16 7463 66157
Linguaglossa CT 16 5403 71560
Pedara CT 16 14102 85662
Giarre CT 17 27659 113321
Trecastagni CT 17 10910 124231
Biancavilla CT 17 24007 148238
Moio Alcantara ME 17 717 148955
Piedimonte Etneo CT 17 3963 152918
Mascali CT 17 14282 167200
Adrano CT 18 36122 203322
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 18 7641 210963
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 18 3215 214178
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 18 980 215158
Belpasso CT 18 28108 243266
Viagrande CT 18 8563 251829
Riposto CT 18 14838 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

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)
87 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
95 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
98 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 1.4 2020-08-25
19:26:53
37.755 14.998 1 2020-08-25
19:36:01
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 82323311
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-08-25 19:26:53
Latitude 37.7550
Longitude 14.9980
Depth (km) 1 (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 82323311

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) 200.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 126
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) 0.12
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:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 82323311
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-08-25 19:36:01
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