Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.1 on date 06-05-2021 and time 14:24:53 (Italy) in region 2 km E Santa Venerina (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.1 earthquake occured in region: 2 km E Santa Venerina (CT), on

  • 06-05-2021 12:24:53 (UTC)
  • 06-05-2021 14:24:53 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6960, 15.1600 at 17 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
Santa Venerina CT 2 8592 8592
Giarre CT 5 27659 36251
Milo CT 5 1087 37338
Zafferana Etnea CT 5 9517 46855
Sant'Alfio CT 6 1582 48437
Riposto CT 6 14838 63275
Mascali CT 8 14282 77557
Acireale CT 9 52622 130179
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 10 17984 148163
Aci Catena CT 10 29851 178014
Viagrande CT 11 8563 186577
Trecastagni CT 11 10910 197487
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 12 9623 207110
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 12 3524 210634
Pedara CT 12 14102 224736
Piedimonte Etneo CT 13 3963 228699
Valverde CT 13 7840 236539
San Giovanni la Punta CT 14 23060 259599
Nicolosi CT 15 7463 267062
San Gregorio di Catania CT 15 11966 279028
Tremestieri Etneo CT 15 20589 299617
Aci Castello CT 16 18723 318340
Calatabiano CT 16 5308 323648
Linguaglossa CT 16 5403 329051
Mascalucia CT 17 31958 361009
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 17 9479 370488
Gravina di Catania CT 17 25838 396326
San Pietro Clarenza CT 18 7743 404069
Giardini-Naxos ME 19 9415 413484
Gaggi ME 19 3184 416668
Camporotondo Etneo CT 20 5023 421691
Belpasso CT 20 28108 449799

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
9 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
22 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
63 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
66 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
72 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
94 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
99 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
99 Km NE of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
100 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 2021-05-06
12:24:53
37.696 15.16 17 2021-05-06
12:45:24
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 89833201
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-05-06 12:24:53
Latitude 37.6960
Longitude 15.1600
Depth (km) 17 (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 89833201

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) 1600.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 263
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) 0.11
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 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 89833201
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-05-06 12:45:24
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