Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.4 on date 15-01-2021 and time 04:23:21 (Italy) in region 12 km NW Milo (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.4 earthquake occured in region: 12 km NW Milo (CT), on

  • 15-01-2021 03:23:21 (UTC)
  • 15-01-2021 04:23:21 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7760, 14.9990 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 12 1087 1087
Randazzo CT 12 10900 11987
Zafferana Etnea CT 13 9517 21504
Maletto CT 13 3920 25424
Sant'Alfio CT 13 1582 27006
Moio Alcantara ME 15 717 27723
Bronte CT 15 19172 46895
Linguaglossa CT 15 5403 52298
Santa Venerina CT 16 8592 60890
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 16 980 61870
Piedimonte Etneo CT 16 3963 65833
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 16 3215 69048
Malvagna ME 17 733 69781
Ragalna CT 17 3924 73705
Giarre CT 17 27659 101364
Mascali CT 17 14282 115646
Roccella Valdemone ME 18 666 116312
Nicolosi CT 18 7463 123775
Pedara CT 18 14102 137877
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 19 3945 141822
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 19 9623 151445
Riposto CT 19 14838 166283
Biancavilla CT 19 24007 190290
Trecastagni CT 19 10910 201200
Adrano CT 19 36122 237322
Maniace CT 19 3765 241087

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
23 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
31 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
68 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
68 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
84 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
88 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
97 Km N 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 1.4 2021-01-15
03:23:21
37.776 14.999 4 2021-01-15
04:12:03
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 86259471
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-01-15 03:23:21
Latitude 37.7760
Longitude 14.9990
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 86259471

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) 600.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 93
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) 0.14
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:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 86259471
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-01-15 04:12:03
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