Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 09-09-2021 and time 03:44:50 (Italy) in region 10 km W Milo (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.6 earthquake occured in region: 10 km W Milo (CT), on

  • 09-09-2021 01:44:50 (UTC)
  • 09-09-2021 03:44:50 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7440, 15.0000 at 1 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 11 1087 1087
Zafferana Etnea CT 11 9517 10604
Sant'Alfio CT 13 1582 12186
Ragalna CT 14 3924 16110
Santa Venerina CT 14 8592 24702
Nicolosi CT 15 7463 32165
Pedara CT 15 14102 46267
Maletto CT 15 3920 50187
Bronte CT 15 19172 69359
Randazzo CT 16 10900 80259
Trecastagni CT 16 10910 91169
Biancavilla CT 16 24007 115176
Giarre CT 16 27659 142835
Linguaglossa CT 17 5403 148238
Viagrande CT 17 8563 156801
Belpasso CT 17 28108 184909
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 17 7641 192550
Adrano CT 17 36122 228672
Mascali CT 17 14282 242954
Piedimonte Etneo CT 17 3963 246917
Moio Alcantara ME 18 717 247634
Riposto CT 18 14838 262472
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 19 3524 265996
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 19 17984 283980
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 19 3215 287195
San Pietro Clarenza CT 19 7743 294938
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 19 9623 304561
Camporotondo Etneo CT 20 5023 309584
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 20 980 310564
Mascalucia CT 20 31958 342522
Tremestieri Etneo CT 20 20589 363111

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
21 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
28 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
70 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
70 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
80 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
87 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
94 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
97 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 1.6 2021-09-09
01:44:50
37.744 15 1 2021-09-09
01:54:33
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 95214061
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-09-09 01:44:50
Latitude 37.7440
Longitude 15.0000
Depth (km) 1 (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 95214061

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) 200.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 60
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:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 95214061
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-09-09 01:54:33
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