Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 30-08-2020 and time 11:30:11 (UTC) in region 6 km W Milo (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.3 earthquake occured in region: 6 km W Milo (CT), on

  • 30-08-2020 11:30:11 (UTC)
  • 30-08-2020 13:30:11 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7350, 15.0450 at 4 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 6 1087 1087
Zafferana Etnea CT 7 9517 10604
Sant'Alfio CT 9 1582 12186
Santa Venerina CT 10 8592 20778
Giarre CT 12 27659 48437
Pedara CT 13 14102 62539
Nicolosi CT 13 7463 70002
Trecastagni CT 13 10910 80912
Mascali CT 14 14282 95194
Riposto CT 14 14838 110032
Piedimonte Etneo CT 14 3963 113995
Viagrande CT 15 8563 122558
Linguaglossa CT 15 5403 127961
Ragalna CT 15 3924 131885
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 16 9623 141508
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 16 17984 159492
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 16 3524 163016
Aci Catena CT 17 29851 192867
Belpasso CT 17 28108 220975
Acireale CT 17 52622 273597
Tremestieri Etneo CT 18 20589 294186
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 18 3215 297401
Mascalucia CT 18 31958 329359
San Giovanni la Punta CT 18 23060 352419
San Pietro Clarenza CT 18 7743 360162
Randazzo CT 18 10900 371062
Moio Alcantara ME 18 717 371779
Biancavilla CT 19 24007 395786
Valverde CT 19 7840 403626
Camporotondo Etneo CT 19 5023 408649
Maletto CT 19 3920 412569
Calatabiano CT 19 5308 417877
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 19 7641 425518
Gravina di Catania CT 19 25838 451356
Bronte CT 20 19172 470528
San Gregorio di Catania CT 20 11966 482494
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 20 9479 491973

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
17 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
26 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
67 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
68 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
78 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
91 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
94 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
98 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
101 Km N of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 2020-08-30
11:30:11
37.735 15.045 4 2020-08-30
11:51:22
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 82466471
Reviewed
Rev200
ML 1.2 2020-08-30
11:30:27
37.736 15.046 3 2020-08-30
11:40:05
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 82466171
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-08-30 11:30:11
Latitude 37.7350
Longitude 15.0450
Depth (km) 4 (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 82466471

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) 85
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) 0.06
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
Magnitudes information

ML:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 82466471
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-08-30 11:51:22

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 82466171
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-08-30 11:40:05
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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