Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 24-09-2020 and time 00:21:49 (Italy) in region 11 km W Milo (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: 11 km W Milo (CT), on

  • 23-09-2020 22:21:49 (UTC)
  • 24-09-2020 00:21:49 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7590, 14.9970 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 12 9517 10604
Sant'Alfio CT 13 1582 12186
Maletto CT 14 3920 16106
Randazzo CT 14 10900 27006
Bronte CT 15 19172 46178
Santa Venerina CT 15 8592 54770
Ragalna CT 15 3924 58694
Linguaglossa CT 16 5403 64097
Nicolosi CT 16 7463 71560
Moio Alcantara ME 16 717 72277
Pedara CT 17 14102 86379
Giarre CT 17 27659 114038
Piedimonte Etneo CT 17 3963 118001
Biancavilla CT 17 24007 142008
Trecastagni CT 17 10910 152918
Mascali CT 18 14282 167200
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 18 980 168180
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 18 3215 171395
Adrano CT 18 36122 207517
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 18 7641 215158
Riposto CT 19 14838 229996
Malvagna ME 19 733 230729
Belpasso CT 19 28108 258837
Viagrande CT 19 8563 267400
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 19 9623 277023
Roccella Valdemone ME 20 666 277689

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
22 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
30 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)
96 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 1.2 2020-09-23
22:21:49
37.759 14.997 1 2020-09-23
22:39:49
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 83172121
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-09-23 22:21:49
Latitude 37.7590
Longitude 14.9970
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 83172121

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) 87
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) 0.08
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:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 83172121
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-09-23 22:39:49
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