Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 24-01-2021 and time 13:39:45 (UTC) in region 3 km NW Milo (CT)

A magnitude ML 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 3 km NW Milo (CT), on

  • 24-01-2021 13:39:45 (UTC)
  • 24-01-2021 14:39:45 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7430, 15.0900 at 17 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania).

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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 3 1087 1087
Sant'Alfio CT 5 1582 2669
Zafferana Etnea CT 5 9517 12186
Santa Venerina CT 8 8592 20778
Giarre CT 9 27659 48437
Mascali CT 10 14282 62719
Riposto CT 10 14838 77557
Piedimonte Etneo CT 11 3963 81520
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 12 9623 91143
Linguaglossa CT 12 5403 96546
Trecastagni CT 14 10910 107456
Pedara CT 14 14102 121558
Viagrande CT 15 8563 130121
Nicolosi CT 15 7463 137584
Calatabiano CT 15 5308 142892
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 15 17984 160876
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 16 3215 164091
Acireale CT 16 52622 216713
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 16 3524 220237
Aci Catena CT 16 29851 250088
Gaggi ME 18 3184 253272
Moio Alcantara ME 18 717 253989
Ragalna CT 18 3924 257913
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 18 3945 261858
San Giovanni la Punta CT 18 23060 284918
Valverde CT 18 7840 292758
Tremestieri Etneo CT 19 20589 313347
Motta Camastra ME 19 845 314192
Mascalucia CT 19 31958 346150
Belpasso CT 19 28108 374258
San Pietro Clarenza CT 20 7743 382001
Randazzo CT 20 10900 392901
San Gregorio di Catania CT 20 11966 404867
Giardini-Naxos ME 20 9415 414282
Malvagna ME 20 733 415015

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)
95 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
96 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 2.0 2021-01-24
13:39:45
37.743 15.09 17 2021-01-24
13:46:32
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 86531311
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-01-24 13:39:45
Latitude 37.7430
Longitude 15.0900
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 86531311

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) 800.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 132
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) 0.17
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:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 86531311
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-01-24 13:46:32
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