Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.1 on date 17-10-2020 and time 15:55:19 (Italy) in region 6 km NE Cerami (EN)

A magnitude ML 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 6 km NE Cerami (EN), on

  • 17-10-2020 13:55:19 (UTC)
  • 17-10-2020 15:55:19 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8360, 14.5640 at 30 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
Cerami EN 6 2006 2006
Troina EN 6 9373 11379
Capizzi ME 8 3176 14555
San Teodoro ME 12 1403 15958
CesarĂ² ME 13 2439 18397
Gagliano Castelferrato EN 14 3593 21990
Nicosia EN 17 13899 35889
Agira EN 20 8345 44234
Sperlinga EN 20 805 45039
San Fratello ME 20 3707 48746

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
58 Km NE of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
59 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
59 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
90 Km N of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
96 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
96 Km E of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
99 Km N of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
100 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 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 2.1 2020-10-17
13:55:19
37.8355 14.5635 30 2021-02-26
14:56:03
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 84584171
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 2.2 2020-10-17
13:55:19
37.8442 14.5828 33 2020-10-17
14:02:36
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 83850701
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-10-17 13:55:19 ± 0.21
Latitude 37.8355 ± 0.0090
Longitude 14.5635 ± 0.0125
Depth (km) 30 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 84584171

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1056
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 507
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 264
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1060.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 75
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 37
Number of defining phases 19
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.36
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.78871
Number of stations at which the event was observed 31
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 14
Magnitudes information

ML:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 16
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 84584171
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-11-09 17:12:20

ML:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 22
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 83850701
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-10-17 14:02:36
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.PESA.HHZ. 2020-10-17T13:57:08.28 3.0 negative manual Pg 26.57 0
IV.CELB.HHZ. 2020-10-17T13:56:55.83 3.0 positive manual Pg 17.790001 0
IV.APEC.HHZ. 2020-10-17T13:56:54.45 3.0 negative manual Pg 16.67 0
IV.SGG.HHZ. 2020-10-17T13:56:41.69 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -2.97 0
IV.CRTC.HHZ. 2020-10-17T13:56:38.43 3.0 negative manual Pn -0.89 0
IV.FDMO.HHZ. 2020-10-17T13:56:35.77 3.0 negative manual Pn 6.63 0
IV.ARVD.HHZ. 2020-10-17T13:56:32.62 3.0 undecidable manual Pn -2.97 0
IV.GAVE.HNZ. 2020-10-17T13:56:31.06 3.0 undecidable manual Pn 5.95 0
IV.AGLI.HHZ. 2020-10-17T13:56:28.27 3.0 undecidable manual Pn -1.99 0
HL.VLS.HHZ. 2020-10-17T13:56:28.47 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 5.08 0
IV.MNTT.EHZ. 2020-10-17T13:56:24.83 3.0 positive manual Pn -3.65 0
IV.LPEL.HHZ. 2020-10-17T13:56:23.82 3.0 positive manual Pg 9.76 0
X3.T1582.EHZ. 2020-10-17T13:56:02.42 3.0 undecidable manual Sn 2.12 0
IV.MCRV.HHZ. 2020-10-17T13:56:00.74 3.0 undecidable manual Pn 3.43 0
IV.USI.HHZ. 2020-10-17T13:55:59.08 3.0 undecidable manual Sn 2.19 0
IV.MGR.HHZ. 2020-10-17T13:55:49.04 3.0 undecidable manual Pn -0.9 0
X3.T1582.EHZ. 2020-10-17T13:55:48.52 3.0 positive manual Pg 8.41 0
IV.SSY.HHZ. 2020-10-17T13:55:46.22 0.3 undecidable manual S 149 87.5457 104 -0.23 65
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2020-10-17T13:55:39.92 0.6 undecidable manual S 153 60.495 111 0.37 46
IV.SSY.HHZ. 2020-10-17T13:55:34.54 0.3 undecidable manual P 149 87.5457 104 -0.72 56
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-10-17T13:55:33.32 0.3 undecidable manual S 50 35.6421 126 -0.37 70
IV.SCIAR.HHZ. 2020-10-17T13:55:33.25 0.3 undecidable manual P 280 72.2721 108 0.26 67
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2020-10-17T13:55:33.68 0.3 undecidable manual P 63 77.1672 106 -0.03 70
IV.RAFF.HHZ. 2020-10-17T13:55:32.50 0.3 undecidable manual P 195 70.2741 108 -0.2 69
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-10-17T13:55:31.12 0.3 undecidable manual S 6 22.1556 140 0.08 77
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2020-10-17T13:55:31.78 0.6 negative manual P 153 60.495 111 0.51 44
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2020-10-17T13:55:30.14 0.6 undecidable manual S 179 13.875 153 0.31 50
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2020-10-17T13:55:28.48 0.3 undecidable manual P 284 45.7209 118 -0.73 63
IV.EMSG.HHN. 2020-10-17T13:55:28.79 0.6 undecidable manual P 93 33.8439 127 1.11 36
IV.PLLN.EHZ. 2020-10-17T13:55:28.82 0.3 undecidable manual P 295 40.7259 122 0.28 71
IV.HAGA.HHZ. 2020-10-17T13:55:28.87 3.0 undecidable manual P 0
IV.PETRA.HHZ. 2020-10-17T13:55:28.55 0.3 positive manual P 270 39.3273 123 0.19 73
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2020-10-17T13:55:27.61 0.1 positive manual P 50 35.6421 126 -0.28 96
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2020-10-17T13:55:27.07 0.3 undecidable manual P 93 25.752 136 0.34 73
IV.CAGR.HHE. 2020-10-17T13:55:27.37 0.6 undecidable manual P 193 24.3534 138 0.79 42
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2020-10-17T13:55:26.30 0.3 undecidable manual P 6 22.1556 140 -0.06 77
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2020-10-17T13:55:25.38 0.1 negative manual P 179 13.875 153 -0.28 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.GALF.HHE. ML:2.7 0.00233 0.58 AML other m 2020-10-17T13:55:30.92
IV.GALF.HHN. ML:2.2 0.0007215 0.48 AML other m 2020-10-17T13:55:34.31
IV.EPZF.HHE. ML:2.0 0.00035499999999999996 0.52 AML other m 2020-10-17T13:55:34.66
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:2.1 0.00016299999999999998 1.04 AML other m 2020-10-17T13:55:36.13
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:2.0 0.000268 1.1 AML other m 2020-10-17T13:55:36.98
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:2.1 0.00035499999999999996 0.46 AML other m 2020-10-17T13:55:37.36
IV.PETRA.HHE. ML:2.1 0.000309 0.8 AML other m 2020-10-17T13:55:40.43
IV.EPZF.HHN. ML:2.1 0.000459 0.6 AML other m 2020-10-17T13:55:41.27
IV.PETRA.HHN. ML:1.9 0.00020400000000000003 1.52 AML other m 2020-10-17T13:55:41.06
IV.HLNI.HHN. ML:1.9 0.0001575 0.24 AML other m 2020-10-17T13:55:41.86
IV.HLNI.HHE. ML:1.9 0.0001375 0.98 AML other m 2020-10-17T13:55:42.54
IV.HAGA.HHN. ML:2.4 0.00035450000000000005 0.68 AML other m 2020-10-17T13:55:44.62
IV.HAGA.HHE. ML:2.5 0.0004 0.4 AML other m 2020-10-17T13:55:44.66
IV.SCIAR.HHN. ML:2.1 0.0001795 0.78 AML other m 2020-10-17T13:55:46.63
IV.SCIAR.HHE. ML:1.9 0.000124 1.42 AML other m 2020-10-17T13:55:47.18
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:2.2 0.0001855 0.88 AML other m 2020-10-17T13:55:47.35
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