Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 02-02-2021 and time 11:12:21 (Italy) in region 9 km W Milo (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: 9 km W Milo (CT), on

  • 02-02-2021 10:12:21 (UTC)
  • 02-02-2021 11:12:21 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7560, 15.0180 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 9 1087 1087
Zafferana Etnea CT 10 9517 10604
Sant'Alfio CT 11 1582 12186
Santa Venerina CT 13 8592 20778
Linguaglossa CT 15 5403 26181
Giarre CT 15 27659 53840
Randazzo CT 15 10900 64740
Piedimonte Etneo CT 15 3963 68703
Ragalna CT 16 3924 72627
Mascali CT 16 14282 86909
Maletto CT 16 3920 90829
Nicolosi CT 16 7463 98292
Pedara CT 16 14102 112394
Trecastagni CT 16 10910 123304
Moio Alcantara ME 16 717 124021
Bronte CT 17 19172 143193
Riposto CT 17 14838 158031
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 17 3215 161246
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 17 9623 170869
Viagrande CT 18 8563 179432
Biancavilla CT 18 24007 203439
Belpasso CT 19 28108 231547
Malvagna ME 19 733 232280
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 19 980 233260
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 19 17984 251244
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 19 3524 254768
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 19 7641 262409
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 19 3945 266354
Adrano CT 19 36122 302476
Roccella Valdemone ME 20 666 303142

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
21 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
29 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
68 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
68 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
81 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
89 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
96 Km N 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 1.5 2021-02-02
10:12:21
37.756 15.018 4 2021-02-02
10:19:07
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 86784061
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-02-02 10:12:21
Latitude 37.7560
Longitude 15.0180
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 86784061

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) 300.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 64
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) 0.15
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:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 86784061
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-02-02 10:19:07
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