Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.0 on date 25-09-2020 and time 00:50:31 (UTC) in region 7 km SW Linguaglossa (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.0 earthquake occured in region: 7 km SW Linguaglossa (CT), on

  • 25-09-2020 00:50:31 (UTC)
  • 25-09-2020 02:50:31 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7940, 15.0910 at 11 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
Linguaglossa CT 7 5403 5403
Sant'Alfio CT 7 1582 6985
Piedimonte Etneo CT 8 3963 10948
Milo CT 8 1087 12035
Mascali CT 10 14282 26317
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 10 9623 35940
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 10 3215 39155
Giarre CT 11 27659 66814
Zafferana Etnea CT 11 9517 76331
Riposto CT 12 14838 91169
Moio Alcantara ME 12 717 91886
Calatabiano CT 13 5308 97194
Santa Venerina CT 13 8592 105786
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 13 3945 109731
Motta Camastra ME 14 845 110576
Gaggi ME 14 3184 113760
Malvagna ME 14 733 114493
Randazzo CT 16 10900 125393
Graniti ME 16 1492 126885
Roccella Valdemone ME 17 666 127551
Giardini-Naxos ME 17 9415 136966
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 18 980 137946
Castelmola ME 18 1088 139034
Taormina ME 18 10960 149994
Trecastagni CT 20 10910 160904
Pedara CT 20 14102 175006

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
21 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
32 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
60 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
60 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
83 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
97 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 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 1.0 2020-09-25
00:50:31
37.794 15.091 11 2020-09-25
01:00:26
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 83218551
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-09-25 00:50:31
Latitude 37.7940
Longitude 15.0910
Depth (km) 11 (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 83218551

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description
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) 0.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 73
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
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:1.0

Field Value
Value 1.0
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 83218551
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-09-25 01:00:26
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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