Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 29-04-2021 and time 23:36:54 (Italy) in region 1 km SE Milo (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.3 earthquake occured in region: 1 km SE Milo (CT), on

  • 29-04-2021 21:36:54 (UTC)
  • 29-04-2021 23:36:54 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7170, 15.1270 at 22 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 1 1087 1087
Zafferana Etnea CT 3 9517 10604
Santa Venerina CT 3 8592 19196
Sant'Alfio CT 4 1582 20778
Giarre CT 5 27659 48437
Riposto CT 7 14838 63275
Mascali CT 8 14282 77557
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 11 9623 87180
Piedimonte Etneo CT 11 3963 91143
Trecastagni CT 12 10910 102053
Viagrande CT 12 8563 110616
Acireale CT 12 52622 163238
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 12 17984 181222
Pedara CT 12 14102 195324
Aci Catena CT 13 29851 225175
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 13 3524 228699
Linguaglossa CT 14 5403 234102
Nicolosi CT 14 7463 241565
Calatabiano CT 15 5308 246873
Valverde CT 15 7840 254713
San Giovanni la Punta CT 16 23060 277773
Tremestieri Etneo CT 16 20589 298362
San Gregorio di Catania CT 17 11966 310328
Mascalucia CT 17 31958 342286
Aci Castello CT 18 18723 361009
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 18 9479 370488
Gaggi ME 18 3184 373672
Gravina di Catania CT 18 25838 399510
San Pietro Clarenza CT 18 7743 407253
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 19 3215 410468
Ragalna CT 19 3924 414392
Belpasso CT 19 28108 442500
Giardini-Naxos ME 19 9415 451915
Camporotondo Etneo CT 20 5023 456938

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
12 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
24 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
63 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
65 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
74 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
95 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
97 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 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 1.3 2021-04-29
21:36:54
37.717 15.127 22 2021-04-29
21:47:02
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 89609191
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-04-29 21:36:54
Latitude 37.7170
Longitude 15.1270
Depth (km) 22 (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 89609191

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) 111
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) 0.15
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 89609191
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-04-29 21:47:02
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