Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.8 on date 24-01-2021 and time 14:38:20 (UTC) in region 3 km W Sant'Alfio (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.8 earthquake occured in region: 3 km W Sant'Alfio (CT), on

  • 24-01-2021 14:38:20 (UTC)
  • 24-01-2021 15:38:20 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7550, 15.1120 at 16 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 3 1582 1582
Milo CT 3 1087 2669
Zafferana Etnea CT 7 9517 12186
Giarre CT 7 27659 39845
Mascali CT 7 14282 54127
Santa Venerina CT 8 8592 62719
Piedimonte Etneo CT 8 3963 66682
Riposto CT 9 14838 81520
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 10 9623 91143
Linguaglossa CT 10 5403 96546
Calatabiano CT 13 5308 101854
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 14 3215 105069
Gaggi ME 15 3184 108253
Trecastagni CT 16 10910 119163
Pedara CT 16 14102 133265
Viagrande CT 16 8563 141828
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 17 17984 159812
Acireale CT 17 52622 212434
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 17 3945 216379
Motta Camastra ME 17 845 217224
Aci Catena CT 17 29851 247075
Moio Alcantara ME 17 717 247792
Nicolosi CT 17 7463 255255
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 17 3524 258779
Giardini-Naxos ME 18 9415 268194
Graniti ME 18 1492 269686
Taormina ME 19 10960 280646
Castelmola ME 19 1088 281734
Malvagna ME 19 733 282467
Valverde CT 20 7840 290307
San Giovanni la Punta CT 20 23060 313367

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
17 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
28 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
61 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
63 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
79 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
97 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
98 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 1.8 2021-01-24
14:38:20
37.755 15.112 16 2021-01-24
14:44:07
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 86532811
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-01-24 14:38:20
Latitude 37.7550
Longitude 15.1120
Depth (km) 16 (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 86532811

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) 900.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 95
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:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 86532811
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-01-24 14:44:07
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