Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.1 on date 03-09-2020 and time 05:44:24 (UTC) in region 8 km N Ragalna (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.1 earthquake occured in region: 8 km N Ragalna (CT), on

  • 03-09-2020 05:44:24 (UTC)
  • 03-09-2020 07:44:24 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6990, 14.9630 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
Ragalna CT 8 3924 3924
Biancavilla CT 10 24007 27931
Nicolosi CT 11 7463 35394
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 11 7641 43035
Belpasso CT 12 28108 71143
Adrano CT 12 36122 107265
Zafferana Etnea CT 12 9517 116782
Pedara CT 12 14102 130884
Trecastagni CT 14 10910 141794
Milo CT 14 1087 142881
PaternĂ² CT 14 48228 191109
San Pietro Clarenza CT 15 7743 198852
Camporotondo Etneo CT 15 5023 203875
Bronte CT 15 19172 223047
Viagrande CT 15 8563 231610
Santa Venerina CT 16 8592 240202
Mascalucia CT 16 31958 272160
Tremestieri Etneo CT 17 20589 292749
Sant'Alfio CT 17 1582 294331
Maletto CT 17 3920 298251
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 17 3524 301775
Gravina di Catania CT 18 25838 327613
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 18 17984 345597
San Giovanni la Punta CT 18 23060 368657
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 19 9479 378136
Aci Catena CT 19 29851 407987
Valverde CT 20 7840 415827
San Gregorio di Catania CT 20 11966 427793
Giarre CT 20 27659 455452
Misterbianco CT 20 49410 504862
Randazzo CT 20 10900 515762

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
20 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
24 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
75 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
76 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
77 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
83 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
88 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
91 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
94 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
95 Km N of Modica (54633 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 2020-09-03
05:44:24
37.699 14.963 1 2020-09-03
05:54:14
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 82581021
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-09-03 05:44:24
Latitude 37.6990
Longitude 14.9630
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 82581021

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) 72
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) 0.16
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 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 82581021
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-09-03 05:54:14
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