Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.9 on date 24-01-2021 and time 19:38:07 (Italy) in region 4 km W Milo (CT)

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

  • 24-01-2021 18:38:07 (UTC)
  • 24-01-2021 19:38:07 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7320, 15.0770 at 19 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 5 9517 10604
Sant'Alfio CT 6 1582 12186
Santa Venerina CT 7 8592 20778
Giarre CT 10 27659 48437
Mascali CT 11 14282 62719
Riposto CT 11 14838 77557
Piedimonte Etneo CT 12 3963 81520
Trecastagni CT 13 10910 92430
Pedara CT 13 14102 106532
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 14 9623 116155
Viagrande CT 14 8563 124718
Linguaglossa CT 14 5403 130121
Nicolosi CT 14 7463 137584
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 15 17984 155568
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 15 3524 159092
Acireale CT 15 52622 211714
Aci Catena CT 15 29851 241565
Ragalna CT 17 3924 245489
Calatabiano CT 17 5308 250797
Tremestieri Etneo CT 17 20589 271386
San Giovanni la Punta CT 17 23060 294446
Valverde CT 17 7840 302286
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 17 3215 305501
Mascalucia CT 18 31958 337459
Belpasso CT 18 28108 365567
San Pietro Clarenza CT 18 7743 373310
San Gregorio di Catania CT 19 11966 385276
Moio Alcantara ME 19 717 385993
Gravina di Catania CT 19 25838 411831
Gaggi ME 19 3184 415015
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 19 9479 424494
Camporotondo Etneo CT 19 5023 429517
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 20 3945 433462
Randazzo CT 20 10900 444362

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
15 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
25 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
65 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
67 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
77 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
93 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
95 Km NE 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 1.9 2021-01-24
18:38:07
37.732 15.077 19 2021-01-24
19:01:58
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 86539111
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-01-24 18:38:07
Latitude 37.7320
Longitude 15.0770
Depth (km) 19 (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 86539111

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) 1000.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 144
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 86539111
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-01-24 19:01:58
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