Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 11-01-2021 and time 06:51:47 (Italy) in region 7 km W Milo (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.6 earthquake occured in region: 7 km W Milo (CT), on

  • 11-01-2021 05:51:47 (UTC)
  • 11-01-2021 06:51:47 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7410, 15.0390 at 6 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 7 1087 1087
Zafferana Etnea CT 8 9517 10604
Sant'Alfio CT 9 1582 12186
Santa Venerina CT 11 8592 20778
Giarre CT 13 27659 48437
Pedara CT 14 14102 62539
Mascali CT 14 14282 76821
Nicolosi CT 14 7463 84284
Trecastagni CT 14 10910 95194
Piedimonte Etneo CT 14 3963 99157
Linguaglossa CT 15 5403 104560
Riposto CT 15 14838 119398
Ragalna CT 15 3924 123322
Viagrande CT 15 8563 131885
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 16 9623 141508
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 17 17984 159492
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 17 3524 163016
Belpasso CT 17 28108 191124
Randazzo CT 17 10900 202024
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 18 3215 205239
Moio Alcantara ME 18 717 205956
Aci Catena CT 18 29851 235807
Maletto CT 18 3920 239727
Acireale CT 18 52622 292349
Tremestieri Etneo CT 19 20589 312938
Biancavilla CT 19 24007 336945
Mascalucia CT 19 31958 368903
San Pietro Clarenza CT 19 7743 376646
San Giovanni la Punta CT 19 23060 399706
Bronte CT 19 19172 418878
Calatabiano CT 19 5308 424186
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 19 7641 431827
Valverde CT 19 7840 439667
Camporotondo Etneo CT 19 5023 444690
Malvagna ME 20 733 445423
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 20 3945 449368
Gravina di Catania CT 20 25838 475206

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
18 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
27 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
67 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
68 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
79 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 1.6 2021-01-11
05:51:47
37.741 15.039 6 2021-01-11
06:07:55
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 86164471
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-01-11 05:51:47
Latitude 37.7410
Longitude 15.0390
Depth (km) 6 (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 86164471

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) 94
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) 0.16
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:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 86164471
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-01-11 06:07:55
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