Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 14-10-2020 and time 20:44:53 (UTC) in region 8 km W Milo (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: 8 km W Milo (CT), on

  • 14-10-2020 20:44:53 (UTC)
  • 14-10-2020 22:44:53 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7370, 15.0230 at 3 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 8 1087 1087
Zafferana Etnea CT 9 9517 10604
Sant'Alfio CT 11 1582 12186
Santa Venerina CT 12 8592 20778
Nicolosi CT 14 7463 28241
Pedara CT 14 14102 42343
Ragalna CT 14 3924 46267
Trecastagni CT 14 10910 57177
Giarre CT 14 27659 84836
Mascali CT 15 14282 99118
Viagrande CT 15 8563 107681
Linguaglossa CT 16 5403 113084
Piedimonte Etneo CT 16 3963 117047
Riposto CT 16 14838 131885
Belpasso CT 17 28108 159993
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 17 3524 163517
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 17 17984 181501
Biancavilla CT 17 24007 205508
Maletto CT 17 3920 209428
Randazzo CT 17 10900 220328
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 18 9623 229951
Bronte CT 18 19172 249123
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 18 7641 256764
Aci Catena CT 18 29851 286615
San Pietro Clarenza CT 18 7743 294358
Tremestieri Etneo CT 18 20589 314947
Mascalucia CT 18 31958 346905
Moio Alcantara ME 18 717 347622
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 19 3215 350837
Adrano CT 19 36122 386959
Acireale CT 19 52622 439581
San Giovanni la Punta CT 19 23060 462641
Camporotondo Etneo CT 19 5023 467664
Valverde CT 20 7840 475504
Gravina di Catania CT 20 25838 501342

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
19 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
27 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
69 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
69 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
79 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
89 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
94 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
97 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
100 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 1.2 2020-10-14
20:44:53
37.737 15.023 3 2020-10-14
21:34:04
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 83782091
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-10-14 20:44:53
Latitude 37.7370
Longitude 15.0230
Depth (km) 3 (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 83782091

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) 400.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 133
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) 0.09
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
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 83782091
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-10-14 21:34:04
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