Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 28-01-2021 and time 05:36:50 (UTC) in region 7 km SW Linguaglossa (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.3 earthquake occured in region: 7 km SW Linguaglossa (CT), on

  • 28-01-2021 05:36:50 (UTC)
  • 28-01-2021 06:36:50 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8050, 15.0770 at 0 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
Linguaglossa CT 7 5403 5403
Sant'Alfio CT 9 1582 6985
Piedimonte Etneo CT 9 3963 10948
Milo CT 10 1087 12035
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 10 3215 15250
Moio Alcantara ME 11 717 15967
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 12 9623 25590
Mascali CT 12 14282 39872
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 12 3945 43817
Zafferana Etnea CT 12 9517 53334
Giarre CT 13 27659 80993
Malvagna ME 13 733 81726
Motta Camastra ME 13 845 82571
Calatabiano CT 14 5308 87879
Riposto CT 14 14838 102717
Santa Venerina CT 14 8592 111309
Randazzo CT 14 10900 122209
Gaggi ME 14 3184 125393
Roccella Valdemone ME 16 666 126059
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 16 980 127039
Graniti ME 16 1492 128531
Giardini-Naxos ME 18 9415 137946
Castelmola ME 19 1088 139034
Maletto CT 19 3920 142954
Taormina ME 19 10960 153914

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
23 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
34 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
60 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
60 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
85 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
96 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 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 1.3 2021-01-28
05:36:50
37.805 15.077 0 2021-01-28
05:50:47
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 86644291
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-01-28 05:36:50
Latitude 37.8050
Longitude 15.0770
Depth (km) 0 (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 86644291

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) 600.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 92
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) 0.08
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:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 86644291
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-01-28 05:50:47
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