Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 26-01-2022 and time 02:44:51 (UTC) in region 10 km W Milo (CT)

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

  • 26-01-2022 02:44:51 (UTC)
  • 26-01-2022 03:44:51 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7470, 15.0110 at 0 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 10 1087 1087
Zafferana Etnea CT 10 9517 10604
Sant'Alfio CT 12 1582 12186
Santa Venerina CT 13 8592 20778
Ragalna CT 14 3924 24702
Nicolosi CT 15 7463 32165
Pedara CT 15 14102 46267
Giarre CT 15 27659 73926
Trecastagni CT 16 10910 84836
Randazzo CT 16 10900 95736
Maletto CT 16 3920 99656
Linguaglossa CT 16 5403 105059
Mascali CT 16 14282 119341
Bronte CT 16 19172 138513
Piedimonte Etneo CT 16 3963 142476
Viagrande CT 17 8563 151039
Biancavilla CT 17 24007 175046
Riposto CT 17 14838 189884
Belpasso CT 17 28108 217992
Moio Alcantara ME 17 717 218709
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 18 7641 226350
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 18 3215 229565
Adrano CT 18 36122 265687
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 18 9623 275310
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 19 3524 278834
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 19 17984 296818
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 19 980 297798
San Pietro Clarenza CT 19 7743 305541
Malvagna ME 20 733 306274
Mascalucia CT 20 31958 338232
Tremestieri Etneo CT 20 20589 358821
Aci Catena CT 20 29851 388672
Camporotondo Etneo CT 20 5023 393695

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
20 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
28 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
69 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
69 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
80 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
88 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
95 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
98 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 1.2 2022-01-26
02:44:51
37.747 15.011 0 2022-01-26
02:56:39
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 100189421
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-01-26 02:44:51
Latitude 37.7470
Longitude 15.0110
Depth (km) 0 (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 100189421

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) 85
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:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 100189421
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-01-26 02:56:39
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