Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.9 on date 24-01-2021 and time 12:13:46 (Italy) in region 4 km NW Milo (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.9 earthquake occured in region: 4 km NW Milo (CT), on

  • 24-01-2021 11:13:46 (UTC)
  • 24-01-2021 12:13:46 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7430, 15.0790 at 17 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 4 1087 1087
Zafferana Etnea CT 6 9517 10604
Sant'Alfio CT 6 1582 12186
Santa Venerina CT 8 8592 20778
Giarre CT 9 27659 48437
Mascali CT 10 14282 62719
Riposto CT 11 14838 77557
Piedimonte Etneo CT 11 3963 81520
Linguaglossa CT 12 5403 86923
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 13 9623 96546
Trecastagni CT 14 10910 107456
Pedara CT 14 14102 121558
Viagrande CT 15 8563 130121
Nicolosi CT 15 7463 137584
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 16 17984 155568
Calatabiano CT 16 5308 160876
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 16 3215 164091
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 16 3524 167615
Acireale CT 16 52622 220237
Aci Catena CT 17 29851 250088
Ragalna CT 17 3924 254012
Moio Alcantara ME 18 717 254729
Gaggi ME 18 3184 257913
San Giovanni la Punta CT 18 23060 280973
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 18 3945 284918
Tremestieri Etneo CT 19 20589 305507
Valverde CT 19 7840 313347
Mascalucia CT 19 31958 345305
Motta Camastra ME 19 845 346150
Belpasso CT 19 28108 374258
Randazzo CT 19 10900 385158
San Pietro Clarenza CT 19 7743 392901
Malvagna ME 20 733 393634
San Gregorio di Catania CT 20 11966 405600

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
16 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
27 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
64 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
65 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
78 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
94 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
96 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
100 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 1.9 2021-01-24
11:13:46
37.743 15.079 17 2021-01-24
11:45:03
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 86527821
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-01-24 11:13:46
Latitude 37.7430
Longitude 15.0790
Depth (km) 17 (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 86527821

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) 150
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) 0.2
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:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 86527821
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-01-24 11:45:03
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