Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.0 on date 14-03-2021 and time 06:35:18 (UTC) in region 6 km NW Zafferana Etnea (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.0 earthquake occured in region: 6 km NW Zafferana Etnea (CT), on

  • 14-03-2021 06:35:18 (UTC)
  • 14-03-2021 07:35:18 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7260, 15.0500 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
Zafferana Etnea CT 6 9517 9517
Milo CT 6 1087 10604
Sant'Alfio CT 9 1582 12186
Santa Venerina CT 9 8592 20778
Giarre CT 12 27659 48437
Pedara CT 12 14102 62539
Trecastagni CT 12 10910 73449
Nicolosi CT 13 7463 80912
Mascali CT 13 14282 95194
Viagrande CT 13 8563 103757
Riposto CT 14 14838 118595
Ragalna CT 14 3924 122519
Piedimonte Etneo CT 15 3963 126482
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 15 17984 144466
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 15 3524 147990
Linguaglossa CT 15 5403 153393
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 16 9623 163016
Aci Catena CT 16 29851 192867
Belpasso CT 16 28108 220975
Acireale CT 16 52622 273597
Tremestieri Etneo CT 17 20589 294186
San Giovanni la Punta CT 17 23060 317246
Mascalucia CT 17 31958 349204
San Pietro Clarenza CT 17 7743 356947
Valverde CT 18 7840 364787
Camporotondo Etneo CT 18 5023 369810
Gravina di Catania CT 18 25838 395648
Biancavilla CT 18 24007 419655
San Gregorio di Catania CT 19 11966 431621
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 19 9479 441100
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 19 3215 444315
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 19 7641 451956
Calatabiano CT 19 5308 457264
Moio Alcantara ME 19 717 457981
Randazzo CT 19 10900 468881
Maletto CT 20 3920 472801

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
16 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
25 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
67 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
69 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
77 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
91 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
93 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
97 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
100 Km N of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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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 1.0 2021-03-14
06:35:18
37.726 15.05 4 2021-03-14
07:29:06
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 88107021
Reviewed
Rev200
ML 1.0 2021-03-14
06:35:18
37.73 15.05 4 2021-03-14
06:42:51
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 88105801
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-03-14 06:35:18
Latitude 37.7260
Longitude 15.0500
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 88107021

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) 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) 0.13
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
Magnitudes information

ML:1.0

Field Value
Value 1.0
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 88107021
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-03-14 07:29:06

ML:1.0

Field Value
Value 1.0
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 88105801
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-03-14 06:42:51
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