Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.0 on date 19-12-2020 and time 09:01:56 (UTC) in region 9 km W Milo (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.0 earthquake occured in region: 9 km W Milo (CT), on

  • 19-12-2020 09:01:56 (UTC)
  • 19-12-2020 10:01:56 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7460, 15.0140 at 0 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 12 1582 12186
Santa Venerina CT 13 8592 20778
Ragalna CT 14 3924 24702
Nicolosi CT 15 7463 32165
Pedara CT 15 14102 46267
Giarre CT 15 27659 73926
Trecastagni CT 15 10910 84836
Linguaglossa CT 16 5403 90239
Randazzo CT 16 10900 101139
Maletto CT 16 3920 105059
Mascali CT 16 14282 119341
Piedimonte Etneo CT 16 3963 123304
Bronte CT 17 19172 142476
Viagrande CT 17 8563 151039
Riposto CT 17 14838 165877
Biancavilla CT 17 24007 189884
Belpasso CT 17 28108 217992
Moio Alcantara ME 17 717 218709
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 18 9623 228332
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 18 3215 231547
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 18 7641 239188
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 18 17984 257172
Adrano CT 18 36122 293294
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 18 3524 296818
San Pietro Clarenza CT 19 7743 304561
Mascalucia CT 19 31958 336519
Aci Catena CT 20 29851 366370
Tremestieri Etneo CT 20 20589 386959
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 20 980 387939
Camporotondo Etneo CT 20 5023 392962
Malvagna ME 20 733 393695
Acireale CT 20 52622 446317
San Giovanni la Punta CT 20 23060 469377

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
20 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
28 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
69 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
69 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
80 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
88 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
95 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
98 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 1.0 2020-12-19
09:01:56
37.746 15.014 0 2020-12-19
10:56:10
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 85541831
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-12-19 09:01:56
Latitude 37.7460
Longitude 15.0140
Depth (km) 0 (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 85541831

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) 107
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:1.0

Field Value
Value 1.0
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 85541831
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-12-19 10:56:10
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