Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.1 on date 26-10-2020 and time 12:44:20 (Italy) in region 8 km W Milo (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.1 earthquake occured in region: 8 km W Milo (CT), on

  • 26-10-2020 11:44:20 (UTC)
  • 26-10-2020 12:44:20 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7470, 15.0270 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
Milo CT 8 1087 1087
Zafferana Etnea CT 9 9517 10604
Sant'Alfio CT 10 1582 12186
Santa Venerina CT 12 8592 20778
Giarre CT 14 27659 48437
Nicolosi CT 15 7463 55900
Pedara CT 15 14102 70002
Linguaglossa CT 15 5403 75405
Mascali CT 15 14282 89687
Piedimonte Etneo CT 15 3963 93650
Ragalna CT 15 3924 97574
Trecastagni CT 15 10910 108484
Riposto CT 16 14838 123322
Randazzo CT 16 10900 134222
Viagrande CT 16 8563 142785
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 17 9623 152408
Maletto CT 17 3920 156328
Moio Alcantara ME 17 717 157045
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 17 3215 160260
Bronte CT 18 19172 179432
Belpasso CT 18 28108 207540
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 18 17984 225524
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 18 3524 229048
Biancavilla CT 18 24007 253055
Aci Catena CT 19 29851 282906
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 19 7641 290547
Acireale CT 19 52622 343169
San Pietro Clarenza CT 19 7743 350912
Tremestieri Etneo CT 19 20589 371501
Adrano CT 19 36122 407623
Malvagna ME 19 733 408356
Mascalucia CT 19 31958 440314
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 20 980 441294
Calatabiano CT 20 5308 446602
San Giovanni la Punta CT 20 23060 469662
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 20 3945 473607
Camporotondo Etneo CT 20 5023 478630

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
19 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
28 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
68 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
68 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
80 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
90 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
95 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
99 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 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 1.1 2020-10-26
11:44:20
37.747 15.027 4 2020-10-26
12:06:54
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 84153451
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-10-26 11:44:20
Latitude 37.7470
Longitude 15.0270
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 84153451

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) 600.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 146
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) 0.13
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:1.1

Field Value
Value 1.1
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 84153451
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-10-26 12:06:54
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