Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 15-10-2020 and time 08:50:37 (Italy) in region 11 km W Zafferana Etnea (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.3 earthquake occured in region: 11 km W Zafferana Etnea (CT), on

  • 15-10-2020 06:50:37 (UTC)
  • 15-10-2020 08:50:37 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7350, 14.9910 at 4 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
Zafferana Etnea CT 11 9517 9517
Milo CT 11 1087 10604
Ragalna CT 12 3924 14528
Sant'Alfio CT 14 1582 16110
Nicolosi CT 14 7463 23573
Santa Venerina CT 14 8592 32165
Pedara CT 14 14102 46267
Biancavilla CT 15 24007 70274
Bronte CT 15 19172 89446
Maletto CT 15 3920 93366
Trecastagni CT 15 10910 104276
Belpasso CT 16 28108 132384
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 16 7641 140025
Adrano CT 16 36122 176147
Randazzo CT 17 10900 187047
Viagrande CT 17 8563 195610
Giarre CT 17 27659 223269
Linguaglossa CT 18 5403 228672
San Pietro Clarenza CT 18 7743 236415
Mascali CT 18 14282 250697
Piedimonte Etneo CT 18 3963 254660
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 18 3524 258184
Camporotondo Etneo CT 19 5023 263207
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 19 17984 281191
Mascalucia CT 19 31958 313149
Riposto CT 19 14838 327987
Tremestieri Etneo CT 19 20589 348576
Moio Alcantara ME 19 717 349293
PaternĂ² CT 19 48228 397521
San Giovanni la Punta CT 20 23060 420581
Aci Catena CT 20 29851 450432

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
21 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
27 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
71 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
71 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
80 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
86 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
93 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
96 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
99 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
99 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 1.3 2020-10-15
06:50:37
37.735 14.991 4 2020-10-15
07:00:48
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 83797771
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-10-15 06:50:37
Latitude 37.7350
Longitude 14.9910
Depth (km) 4 (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 83797771

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) 300.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 111
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) 0.15
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:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 83797771
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-10-15 07:00:48
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