Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 27-09-2020 and time 22:46:25 (Italy) in region 4 km SW Linguaglossa (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: 4 km SW Linguaglossa (CT), on

  • 27-09-2020 20:46:25 (UTC)
  • 27-09-2020 22:46:25 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8100, 15.1290 at 0 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania).

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 4 5403 5403
Piedimonte Etneo CT 4 3963 9366
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 7 9623 18989
Sant'Alfio CT 7 1582 20571
Mascali CT 8 14282 34853
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 8 3215 38068
Calatabiano CT 9 5308 43376
Milo CT 10 1087 44463
Gaggi ME 10 3184 47647
Giarre CT 10 27659 75306
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 10 3945 79251
Motta Camastra ME 10 845 80096
Riposto CT 11 14838 94934
Moio Alcantara ME 12 717 95651
Graniti ME 13 1492 97143
Zafferana Etnea CT 13 9517 106660
Santa Venerina CT 14 8592 115252
Giardini-Naxos ME 14 9415 124667
Malvagna ME 14 733 125400
Castelmola ME 14 1088 126488
Taormina ME 14 10960 137448
Mongiuffi Melia ME 17 600 138048
Roccella Valdemone ME 17 666 138714
Letojanni ME 18 2861 141575
Randazzo CT 18 10900 152475
Gallodoro ME 18 367 152842
Roccafiorita ME 18 197 153039
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 19 980 154019
Limina ME 19 836 154855
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 20 1019 155874

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
22 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
34 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
56 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
57 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
85 Km N of Siracusa (122291 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 1.5 2020-09-27
20:46:25
37.81 15.129 0 2020-09-27
20:56:58
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 83314981
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-09-27 20:46:25
Latitude 37.8100
Longitude 15.1290
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 83314981

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) 100
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) 0.19
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:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 83314981
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-09-27 20:56:58
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