Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.4 on date 27-09-2020 and time 20:20:29 (Italy) in region 3 km S Linguaglossa (CT)

A magnitude ML 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 3 km S Linguaglossa (CT), on

  • 27-09-2020 18:20:29 (UTC)
  • 27-09-2020 20:20:29 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8170, 15.1380 at 2 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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 3 5403 5403
Piedimonte Etneo CT 4 3963 9366
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 7 9623 18989
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 8 3215 22204
Sant'Alfio CT 8 1582 23786
Calatabiano CT 8 5308 29094
Mascali CT 8 14282 43376
Gaggi ME 9 3184 46560
Motta Camastra ME 9 845 47405
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 10 3945 51350
Giarre CT 10 27659 79009
Milo CT 10 1087 80096
Riposto CT 11 14838 94934
Graniti ME 12 1492 96426
Moio Alcantara ME 12 717 97143
Giardini-Naxos ME 13 9415 106558
Castelmola ME 13 1088 107646
Taormina ME 13 10960 118606
Malvagna ME 14 733 119339
Zafferana Etnea CT 14 9517 128856
Santa Venerina CT 14 8592 137448
Mongiuffi Melia ME 16 600 138048
Letojanni ME 17 2861 140909
Gallodoro ME 17 367 141276
Roccafiorita ME 17 197 141473
Roccella Valdemone ME 17 666 142139
Randazzo CT 18 10900 153039
Limina ME 18 836 153875
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 19 980 154855
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 19 1019 155874

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
23 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
35 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
55 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
56 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
85 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000
ML 2.4 2020-09-27
18:20:29
37.8168 15.1378 2 2021-02-26
14:56:03
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 84566391
Reviewed
Rev200
ML 2.6 2020-09-27
18:20:27
37.817 15.125 0 2020-12-28
10:12:38
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 83308871
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-09-27 18:20:29 ± 0.12
Latitude 37.8168 ± 0.0063
Longitude 15.1378 ± 0.0080
Depth (km) 2 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 84566391

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 740
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 660
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 291
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 740.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 50
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 35
Number of defining phases 35
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.4
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.05486
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 1.20239
Number of stations at which the event was observed 28
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 28
Magnitudes information

ML:2.6

Field Value
Value 2.6
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 83308871
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-09-27 18:27:41

ML:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 12
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 84566391
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-12-28 10:12:21
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.PLAC.HHE. 2020-09-27T18:20:53.98 0.6 undecidable manual P 58 133.4664 50 1.8 25
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2020-09-27T18:20:47.50 0.3 undecidable manual P 278 95.5377 50 1.17 58
IV.RAFF.HHZ. 2020-09-27T18:20:46.43 0.6 undecidable manual P 226 94.8384 50 0.19 56
IV.HAVL.HHN. 2020-09-27T18:20:45.67 0.6 undecidable manual P 181 95.1381 50 -0.6 50
IV.SOI.EHN. 2020-09-27T18:20:44.15 1.0 undecidable manual P 70 85.0482 50 -0.58 26
MN.CEL.HNZ. 2020-09-27T18:20:44.13 0.6 undecidable manual P 53 82.3509 50 -0.18 57
IV.SSY.HNN. 2020-09-27T18:20:43.44 0.6 undecidable manual P 184 73.371 50 0.52 54
IV.CAGR.HHE. 2020-09-27T18:20:41.39 0.6 undecidable manual P 249 59.9955 50 0.53 55
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-09-27T18:20:41.72 0.6 undecidable manual S 317 34.1436 94 0.77 52
IV.HLNI.HHE. 2020-09-27T18:20:40.53 0.6 undecidable manual P 204 56.9985 50 0.14 61
IV.MTTG.HHE. 2020-09-27T18:20:40.12 1.0 undecidable manual P 67 53.4021 93 0.33 29
IV.MSRU.HHE. 2020-09-27T18:20:40.24 1.0 undecidable manual P 33 59.1963 50 -0.5 28
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2020-09-27T18:20:39.64 1.0 undecidable manual P 257 51.5151 93 0.23 30
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-09-27T18:20:39.63 1.0 undecidable manual P 297 53.502 93 -0.19 30
IV.MPNC.HHN. 2020-09-27T18:20:37.04 0.3 undecidable manual P 27 41.1255 93 -0.3 90
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-09-27T18:20:35.98 0.3 undecidable manual P 317 34.1436 94 0.04 97
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2020-09-27T18:20:35.64 0.6 undecidable manual S 272 16.4724 98 0.78 54
IV.EVRN.HHZ. 2020-09-27T18:20:34.00 0.6 undecidable manual S 181 14.1747 100 -0.07 66
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2020-09-27T18:20:34.39 0.3 undecidable manual P 272 24.6531 96 0.35 92
IV.ECHR.HHE. 2020-09-27T18:20:34.72 0.6 undecidable manual P 234 24.4533 96 0.71 55
IV.ESLN.HHZ. 2020-09-27T18:20:33.45 1.0 undecidable manual P 226 19.869 97 0.37 31
IV.EPOZ.HHZ. 2020-09-27T18:20:33.01 0.3 undecidable manual P 165 16.6722 98 0.55 89
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2020-09-27T18:20:33.99 0.6 undecidable manual P 360 23.3544 96 0.19 64
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2020-09-27T18:20:32.93 0.6 undecidable manual P 26 19.0698 97 0 67
IV.EMCN.HHZ. 2020-09-27T18:20:32.78 0.6 undecidable manual S 253 9.5793 104 0.27 64
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2020-09-27T18:20:32.55 0.6 undecidable manual P 272 16.4724 98 0.12 65
IV.EVRN.HHZ. 2020-09-27T18:20:32.16 0.3 undecidable manual P 181 14.1747 100 0.19 97
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2020-09-27T18:20:31.80 0.6 undecidable manual S 349 7.3815 108 0.02 68
IV.ECBD.HHN. 2020-09-27T18:20:30.48 0.6 undecidable manual S 228 6.0939 112 -0.87 53
IV.EMCN.HHZ. 2020-09-27T18:20:30.54 0.3 undecidable manual P 253 9.5793 104 -0.52 91
IV.EPIT.HHN. 2020-09-27T18:20:30.84 0.6 undecidable manual S 265 7.0929 109 -0.85 53
IV.EFIU.HHE. 2020-09-27T18:20:30.48 0.3 undecidable manual P 115 7.0929 109 -0.1 100
IV.EPIT.HHN. 2020-09-27T18:20:29.70 0.3 undecidable manual P 265 7.0929 109 -0.89 78
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2020-09-27T18:20:29.66 0.3 undecidable manual P 349 7.3815 108 -0.99 75
IV.ECBD.HHN. 2020-09-27T18:20:29.32 0.3 undecidable manual P 228 6.0939 112 -1.07 72
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.EVRN.HNN. ML:2.5 0.0038304125 0.4992 AML other m 2020-09-27T18:20:36.65
IV.EVRN.HHE. ML:2.4 0.0034536445000000002 0.2688 AML other m 2020-09-27T18:20:38.50
IV.EVRN.HHN. ML:2.4 0.003239931 0.3328 AML other m 2020-09-27T18:20:39.35
IV.EVRN.HNE. ML:2.3 0.002781243 0.256 AML other m 2020-09-27T18:20:39.39
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:2.1 0.0012046775 0.512 AML other m 2020-09-27T18:20:39.72
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:2.0 0.00096020635 0.4096 AML other m 2020-09-27T18:20:40.94
IV.EMSG.HHE. ML:3.0 0.0097026565 0.448 AML other m 2020-09-27T18:20:41.09
IV.EPOZ.HHE. ML:2.6 0.0046227705 0.448 AML other m 2020-09-27T18:20:42.02
IV.EMSG.HHN. ML:2.8 0.0078828135 0.6016 AML other m 2020-09-27T18:20:42.76
IV.EPOZ.HHN. ML:2.6 0.004378743500000001 0.4224 AML other m 2020-09-27T18:20:42.67
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:2.2 0.0006713362000000001 0.4992 AML other m 2020-09-27T18:20:44.98
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:2.4 0.00099892685 0.5248 AML other m 2020-09-27T18:20:45.88
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