Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 23-11-2020 and time 04:32:59 (UTC) in region 9 km W Milo (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: 9 km W Milo (CT), on

  • 23-11-2020 04:32:59 (UTC)
  • 23-11-2020 05:32:59 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7560, 15.0250 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 9 1087 1087
Zafferana Etnea CT 10 9517 10604
Sant'Alfio CT 11 1582 12186
Santa Venerina CT 13 8592 20778
Linguaglossa CT 14 5403 26181
Giarre CT 14 27659 53840
Piedimonte Etneo CT 15 3963 57803
Mascali CT 15 14282 72085
Randazzo CT 15 10900 82985
Pedara CT 16 14102 97087
Nicolosi CT 16 7463 104550
Ragalna CT 16 3924 108474
Riposto CT 16 14838 123312
Trecastagni CT 16 10910 134222
Maletto CT 16 3920 138142
Moio Alcantara ME 16 717 138859
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 17 3215 142074
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 17 9623 151697
Bronte CT 17 19172 170869
Viagrande CT 17 8563 179432
Malvagna ME 18 733 180165
Biancavilla CT 19 24007 204172
Belpasso CT 19 28108 232280
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 19 980 233260
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 19 17984 251244
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 19 3945 255189
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 19 3524 258713
Calatabiano CT 19 5308 264021
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 20 7641 271662
Roccella Valdemone ME 20 666 272328
Adrano CT 20 36122 308450
Aci Catena CT 20 29851 338301

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
20 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
29 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
67 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
68 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
81 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
90 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
96 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 1.2 2020-11-23
04:32:59
37.756 15.025 4 2020-11-23
05:24:44
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 84961041
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-11-23 04:32:59
Latitude 37.7560
Longitude 15.0250
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 84961041

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) 67
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) 0.11
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 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 84961041
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-11-23 05:24:44
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