Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 31-01-2022 and time 12:36:07 (UTC) in region 4 km NW Milo (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.3 earthquake occured in region: 4 km NW Milo (CT), on

  • 31-01-2022 12:36:07 (UTC)
  • 31-01-2022 13:36:07 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7590, 15.0930 at 5 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 4 1087 1087
Sant'Alfio CT 5 1582 2669
Zafferana Etnea CT 7 9517 12186
Giarre CT 9 27659 39845
Santa Venerina CT 9 8592 48437
Mascali CT 9 14282 62719
Piedimonte Etneo CT 9 3963 66682
Riposto CT 10 14838 81520
Linguaglossa CT 10 5403 86923
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 11 9623 96546
Calatabiano CT 14 5308 101854
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 14 3215 105069
Trecastagni CT 16 10910 115979
Pedara CT 16 14102 130081
Gaggi ME 16 3184 133265
Moio Alcantara ME 16 717 133982
Viagrande CT 16 8563 142545
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 16 3945 146490
Motta Camastra ME 17 845 147335
Nicolosi CT 17 7463 154798
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 17 17984 172782
Acireale CT 18 52622 225404
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 18 3524 228928
Aci Catena CT 18 29851 258779
Malvagna ME 18 733 259512
Randazzo CT 19 10900 270412
Giardini-Naxos ME 19 9415 279827
Graniti ME 19 1492 281319
Ragalna CT 20 3924 285243
Taormina ME 20 10960 296203
Castelmola ME 20 1088 297291

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
18 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
28 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
62 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
63 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
80 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
95 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
98 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 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 1.3 2022-01-31
12:36:07
37.759 15.093 5 2022-01-31
12:50:01
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 100400751
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2022-01-31 12:36:07
Latitude 37.7590
Longitude 15.0930
Depth (km) 5 (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 100400751

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) 1100.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 99
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) 0.26
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:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 100400751
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-01-31 12:50:01
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