Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.0 on date 30-04-2021 and time 00:56:08 (Italy) in region 2 km N Milo (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.0 earthquake occured in region: 2 km N Milo (CT), on

  • 29-04-2021 22:56:08 (UTC)
  • 30-04-2021 00:56:08 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7420, 15.1200 at 11 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 2 1087 1087
Sant'Alfio CT 2 1582 2669
Zafferana Etnea CT 5 9517 12186
Giarre CT 6 27659 39845
Santa Venerina CT 6 8592 48437
Mascali CT 7 14282 62719
Riposto CT 8 14838 77557
Piedimonte Etneo CT 9 3963 81520
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 10 9623 91143
Linguaglossa CT 11 5403 96546
Calatabiano CT 13 5308 101854
Trecastagni CT 14 10910 112764
Viagrande CT 15 8563 121327
Pedara CT 15 14102 135429
Acireale CT 15 52622 188051
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 15 17984 206035
Aci Catena CT 16 29851 235886
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 16 3215 239101
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 16 3524 242625
Gaggi ME 16 3184 245809
Nicolosi CT 16 7463 253272
Giardini-Naxos ME 18 9415 262687
Motta Camastra ME 18 845 263532
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 18 3945 267477
Valverde CT 18 7840 275317
San Giovanni la Punta CT 18 23060 298377
Moio Alcantara ME 19 717 299094
Tremestieri Etneo CT 19 20589 319683
Taormina ME 19 10960 330643
Castelmola ME 19 1088 331731
Graniti ME 19 1492 333223
San Gregorio di Catania CT 20 11966 345189
Mascalucia CT 20 31958 377147

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
15 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
27 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
62 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
63 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
77 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
97 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
97 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 1.0 2021-04-29
22:56:08
37.742 15.12 11 2021-04-29
23:04:31
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 89612001
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-04-29 22:56:08
Latitude 37.7420
Longitude 15.1200
Depth (km) 11 (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 89612001

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) 700.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 111
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) 0.24
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:1.0

Field Value
Value 1.0
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 89612001
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-04-29 23:04:31
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