Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.1 on date 19-12-2020 and time 13:14:10 (Italy) in region 9 km W Milo (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.1 earthquake occured in region: 9 km W Milo (CT), on

  • 19-12-2020 12:14:10 (UTC)
  • 19-12-2020 13:14:10 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7430, 15.0120 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 14 7463 32165
Pedara CT 15 14102 46267
Trecastagni CT 15 10910 57177
Giarre CT 15 27659 84836
Maletto CT 16 3920 88756
Linguaglossa CT 16 5403 94159
Randazzo CT 16 10900 105059
Mascali CT 16 14282 119341
Viagrande CT 16 8563 127904
Piedimonte Etneo CT 16 3963 131867
Bronte CT 17 19172 151039
Biancavilla CT 17 24007 175046
Belpasso CT 17 28108 203154
Riposto CT 17 14838 217992
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 18 7641 225633
Moio Alcantara ME 18 717 226350
Adrano CT 18 36122 262472
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 18 9623 272095
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 18 3524 275619
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 18 17984 293603
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 18 3215 296818
San Pietro Clarenza CT 19 7743 304561
Mascalucia CT 19 31958 336519
Tremestieri Etneo CT 19 20589 357108
Aci Catena CT 19 29851 386959
Camporotondo Etneo CT 19 5023 391982
San Giovanni la Punta CT 20 23060 415042
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 20 980 416022
Acireale CT 20 52622 468644
Malvagna ME 20 733 469377

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
20 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
27 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)
94 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 1.1 2020-12-19
12:14:10
37.743 15.012 0 2020-12-19
12:28:51
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 85547451
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-12-19 12:14:10
Latitude 37.7430
Longitude 15.0120
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 85547451

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) 200.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 70
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 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 85547451
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-12-19 12:28:51
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