Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.4 on date 13-02-2021 and time 20:23:30 (UTC) in region 5 km N Ragalna (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.4 earthquake occured in region: 5 km N Ragalna (CT), on

  • 13-02-2021 20:23:30 (UTC)
  • 13-02-2021 21:23:30 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6760, 14.9470 at 6 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
Ragalna CT 5 3924 3924
Biancavilla CT 8 24007 27931
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 8 7641 35572
Belpasso CT 10 28108 63680
Nicolosi CT 10 7463 71143
Adrano CT 10 36122 107265
PaternĂ² CT 12 48228 155493
Pedara CT 12 14102 169595
Camporotondo Etneo CT 13 5023 174618
San Pietro Clarenza CT 13 7743 182361
Trecastagni CT 13 10910 193271
Zafferana Etnea CT 14 9517 202788
Mascalucia CT 15 31958 234746
Viagrande CT 15 8563 243309
Tremestieri Etneo CT 16 20589 263898
Milo CT 16 1087 264985
Bronte CT 16 19172 284157
Gravina di Catania CT 16 25838 309995
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 17 3524 313519
San Giovanni la Punta CT 17 23060 336579
Santa Venerina CT 17 8592 345171
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 18 9479 354650
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 18 17984 372634
Misterbianco CT 18 49410 422044
Motta Sant'Anastasia CT 18 12116 434160
Maletto CT 19 3920 438080
San Gregorio di Catania CT 19 11966 450046
Sant'Alfio CT 19 1582 451628
Aci Catena CT 19 29851 481479
Valverde CT 19 7840 489319
Centuripe EN 19 5470 494789

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
21 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
23 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
75 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
78 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
79 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
81 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
86 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
88 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
92 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
92 Km N of Modica (54633 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 2021-02-13
20:23:30
37.676 14.947 6 2021-02-13
21:50:19
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 87126931
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-02-13 20:23:30
Latitude 37.6760
Longitude 14.9470
Depth (km) 6 (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 87126931

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) 800.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 84
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) 0.1
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 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 87126931
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-02-13 21:50:19
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