Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.1 on date 26-02-2021 and time 04:22:25 (Italy) in region 4 km W Milo (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.1 earthquake occured in region: 4 km W Milo (CT), on

  • 26-02-2021 03:22:25 (UTC)
  • 26-02-2021 04:22:25 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7290, 15.0740 at 5 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 4 1087 1087
Zafferana Etnea CT 5 9517 10604
Sant'Alfio CT 7 1582 12186
Santa Venerina CT 7 8592 20778
Giarre CT 10 27659 48437
Mascali CT 11 14282 62719
Riposto CT 12 14838 77557
Trecastagni CT 12 10910 88467
Pedara CT 12 14102 102569
Piedimonte Etneo CT 13 3963 106532
Viagrande CT 13 8563 115095
Nicolosi CT 13 7463 122558
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 14 9623 132181
Linguaglossa CT 14 5403 137584
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 14 17984 155568
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 15 3524 159092
Acireale CT 15 52622 211714
Aci Catena CT 15 29851 241565
Ragalna CT 16 3924 245489
Tremestieri Etneo CT 17 20589 266078
San Giovanni la Punta CT 17 23060 289138
Calatabiano CT 17 5308 294446
Valverde CT 17 7840 302286
Mascalucia CT 17 31958 334244
Belpasso CT 17 28108 362352
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 18 3215 365567
San Pietro Clarenza CT 18 7743 373310
San Gregorio di Catania CT 18 11966 385276
Gravina di Catania CT 19 25838 411114
Camporotondo Etneo CT 19 5023 416137
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 19 9479 425616
Moio Alcantara ME 19 717 426333
Gaggi ME 20 3184 429517
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 20 3945 433462

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
15 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
25 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
66 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
67 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
77 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
93 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
94 Km NE 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 1.1 2021-02-26
03:22:25
37.729 15.074 5 2021-02-26
03:32:02
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 87488381
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-02-26 03:22:25
Latitude 37.7290
Longitude 15.0740
Depth (km) 5 (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 87488381

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) 74
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) 0.13
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:1.1

Field Value
Value 1.1
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 87488381
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-02-26 03:32:02
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