Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.0 on date 10-05-2020 and time 12:56:59 (UTC) in region 8 km W Linguaglossa (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.0 earthquake occured in region: 8 km W Linguaglossa (CT), on

  • 10-05-2020 12:56:59 (UTC)
  • 10-05-2020 14:56:59 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8110, 15.0620 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
Linguaglossa CT 8 5403 5403
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 10 3215 8618
Moio Alcantara ME 10 717 9335
Sant'Alfio CT 10 1582 10917
Piedimonte Etneo CT 10 3963 14880
Milo CT 11 1087 15967
Malvagna ME 12 733 16700
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 12 3945 20645
Randazzo CT 13 10900 31545
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 13 9623 41168
Mascali CT 13 14282 55450
Zafferana Etnea CT 13 9517 64967
Motta Camastra ME 14 845 65812
Giarre CT 14 27659 93471
Roccella Valdemone ME 14 666 94137
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 15 980 95117
Calatabiano CT 15 5308 100425
Gaggi ME 15 3184 103609
Riposto CT 15 14838 118447
Santa Venerina CT 15 8592 127039
Graniti ME 17 1492 128531
Maletto CT 17 3920 132451
Giardini-Naxos ME 19 9415 141866
Castelmola ME 20 1088 142954

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
24 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
34 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
61 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
61 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
86 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
95 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 2020-05-10
12:56:59
37.811 15.062 0 2020-05-10
13:13:02
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 79013121
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-05-10 12:56:59
Latitude 37.8110
Longitude 15.0620
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 79013121

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) 500.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 110
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) 0.28
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 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 79013121
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-05-10 13:13:02
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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