Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 10-01-2021 and time 07:00:52 (UTC) in region 4 km NW Sant'Alfio (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.3 earthquake occured in region: 4 km NW Sant'Alfio (CT), on

  • 10-01-2021 07:00:52 (UTC)
  • 10-01-2021 08:00:52 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7680, 15.1160 at 8 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
Sant'Alfio CT 4 1582 1582
Milo CT 5 1087 2669
Piedimonte Etneo CT 7 3963 6632
Mascali CT 7 14282 20914
Giarre CT 7 27659 48573
Zafferana Etnea CT 8 9517 58090
Linguaglossa CT 9 5403 63493
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 9 9623 73116
Riposto CT 9 14838 87954
Santa Venerina CT 9 8592 96546
Calatabiano CT 12 5308 101854
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 13 3215 105069
Gaggi ME 14 3184 108253
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 15 3945 112198
Motta Camastra ME 15 845 113043
Moio Alcantara ME 16 717 113760
Giardini-Naxos ME 16 9415 123175
Graniti ME 17 1492 124667
Trecastagni CT 17 10910 135577
Pedara CT 17 14102 149679
Castelmola ME 17 1088 150767
Viagrande CT 18 8563 159330
Taormina ME 18 10960 170290
Malvagna ME 18 733 171023
Acireale CT 18 52622 223645
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 18 17984 241629
Aci Catena CT 18 29851 271480
Nicolosi CT 19 7463 278943
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 19 3524 282467
Randazzo CT 19 10900 293367

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
18 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
30 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
60 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
61 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
80 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
98 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
100 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 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 1.3 2021-01-10
07:00:52
37.768 15.116 8 2021-01-10
07:13:15
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 86137561
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-01-10 07:00:52
Latitude 37.7680
Longitude 15.1160
Depth (km) 8 (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 86137561

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) 700.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 86
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) 0.06
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:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 86137561
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-01-10 07:13:15
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