Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 22-04-2021 and time 09:14:06 (Italy) in region 10 km SW Linguaglossa (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: 10 km SW Linguaglossa (CT), on

  • 22-04-2021 07:14:06 (UTC)
  • 22-04-2021 09:14:06 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7970, 15.0460 at 2 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 10 5403 5403
Milo CT 10 1087 6490
Sant'Alfio CT 10 1582 8072
Moio Alcantara ME 12 717 8789
Piedimonte Etneo CT 12 3963 12752
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 12 3215 15967
Zafferana Etnea CT 12 9517 25484
Randazzo CT 13 10900 36384
Malvagna ME 14 733 37117
Mascali CT 14 14282 51399
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 14 3945 55344
Giarre CT 14 27659 83003
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 14 9623 92626
Santa Venerina CT 15 8592 101218
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 15 980 102198
Roccella Valdemone ME 16 666 102864
Riposto CT 16 14838 117702
Motta Camastra ME 16 845 118547
Maletto CT 16 3920 122467
Calatabiano CT 16 5308 127775
Gaggi ME 17 3184 130959
Bronte CT 19 19172 150131
Graniti ME 19 1492 151623
Pedara CT 20 14102 165725

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
23 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
33 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
63 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
63 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
85 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
93 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 1.2 2021-04-22
07:14:06
37.797 15.046 2 2021-04-22
07:25:55
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 89349881
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-04-22 07:14:06
Latitude 37.7970
Longitude 15.0460
Depth (km) 2 (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 89349881

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) 1700.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 114
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) 0.29
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:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 89349881
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-04-22 07:25:55
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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