Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.4 on date 27-01-2021 and time 16:26:32 (Italy) in region 6 km NW Milo (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.4 earthquake occured in region: 6 km NW Milo (CT), on

  • 27-01-2021 15:26:32 (UTC)
  • 27-01-2021 16:26:32 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7660, 15.0800 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 6 1087 1087
Sant'Alfio CT 6 1582 2669
Zafferana Etnea CT 8 9517 12186
Piedimonte Etneo CT 10 3963 16149
Giarre CT 10 27659 43808
Santa Venerina CT 10 8592 52400
Linguaglossa CT 10 5403 57803
Mascali CT 10 14282 72085
Riposto CT 12 14838 86923
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 12 9623 96546
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 14 3215 99761
Calatabiano CT 15 5308 105069
Moio Alcantara ME 15 717 105786
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 16 3945 109731
Trecastagni CT 16 10910 120641
Gaggi ME 16 3184 123825
Pedara CT 17 14102 137927
Motta Camastra ME 17 845 138772
Malvagna ME 17 733 139505
Randazzo CT 17 10900 150405
Viagrande CT 17 8563 158968
Nicolosi CT 17 7463 166431
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 18 17984 184415
Acireale CT 19 52622 237037
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 19 3524 240561
Aci Catena CT 19 29851 270412
Graniti ME 19 1492 271904
Giardini-Naxos ME 19 9415 281319
Ragalna CT 19 3924 285243
Roccella Valdemone ME 20 666 285909
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 20 980 286889

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
19 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
29 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
63 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
63 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
81 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
95 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 1.4 2021-01-27
15:26:32
37.766 15.08 4 2021-01-27
15:45:42
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 86633371
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-01-27 15:26:32
Latitude 37.7660
Longitude 15.0800
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 86633371

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) 141
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) 0.04
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 86633371
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-01-27 15:45:42
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