Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.1 on date 31-08-2020 and time 12:33:36 (Italy) in region 10 km W Milo (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.1 earthquake occured in region: 10 km W Milo (CT), on

  • 31-08-2020 10:33:36 (UTC)
  • 31-08-2020 12:33:36 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7620, 15.0120 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 10 1087 1087
Zafferana Etnea CT 11 9517 10604
Sant'Alfio CT 12 1582 12186
Santa Venerina CT 14 8592 20778
Randazzo CT 14 10900 31678
Linguaglossa CT 15 5403 37081
Maletto CT 15 3920 41001
Piedimonte Etneo CT 16 3963 44964
Giarre CT 16 27659 72623
Moio Alcantara ME 16 717 73340
Ragalna CT 16 3924 77264
Bronte CT 16 19172 96436
Mascali CT 16 14282 110718
Nicolosi CT 16 7463 118181
Pedara CT 17 14102 132283
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 17 3215 135498
Trecastagni CT 17 10910 146408
Riposto CT 17 14838 161246
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 18 9623 170869
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 18 980 171849
Malvagna ME 18 733 172582
Biancavilla CT 18 24007 196589
Viagrande CT 18 8563 205152
Roccella Valdemone ME 19 666 205818
Belpasso CT 19 28108 233926
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 19 3945 237871
Adrano CT 19 36122 273993
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 19 7641 281634
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 20 17984 299618
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 20 3524 303142

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
21 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
30 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
68 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
68 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
82 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
89 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
96 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
100 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 2020-08-31
10:33:36
37.762 15.012 0 2020-08-31
10:51:19
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 82491281
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-08-31 10:33:36
Latitude 37.7620
Longitude 15.0120
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 82491281

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) 1200.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 204
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) 0.14
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 82491281
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-08-31 10:51:19
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