Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.7 on date 09-02-2021 and time 05:47:06 (Italy) in region 8 km SW Linguaglossa (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.7 earthquake occured in region: 8 km SW Linguaglossa (CT), on

  • 09-02-2021 04:47:06 (UTC)
  • 09-02-2021 05:47:06 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8030, 15.0680 at 1 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 8 5403 5403
Sant'Alfio CT 9 1582 6985
Milo CT 10 1087 8072
Piedimonte Etneo CT 10 3963 12035
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 10 3215 15250
Moio Alcantara ME 11 717 15967
Zafferana Etnea CT 12 9517 25484
Mascali CT 12 14282 39766
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 12 9623 49389
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 13 3945 53334
Giarre CT 13 27659 80993
Malvagna ME 13 733 81726
Randazzo CT 14 10900 92626
Motta Camastra ME 14 845 93471
Santa Venerina CT 14 8592 102063
Calatabiano CT 14 5308 107371
Riposto CT 14 14838 122209
Gaggi ME 15 3184 125393
Roccella Valdemone ME 15 666 126059
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 16 980 127039
Graniti ME 17 1492 128531
Maletto CT 18 3920 132451
Giardini-Naxos ME 19 9415 141866
Castelmola ME 19 1088 142954
Taormina ME 20 10960 153914

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
23 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
33 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
61 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
61 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
85 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
95 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 1.7 2021-02-09
04:47:06
37.803 15.068 1 2021-02-09
05:21:39
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 86957931
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-02-09 04:47:06
Latitude 37.8030
Longitude 15.0680
Depth (km) 1 (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 86957931

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) 500.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 99
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) 0.05
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:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 86957931
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-02-09 05:21:39
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