Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 23-12-2018 and time 19:50:01 (Italy) in region 11 km N Ragalna (CT)

A magnitude ML 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 11 km N Ragalna (CT), on

  • 23-12-2018 18:50:01 (UTC)
  • 23-12-2018 19:50:01 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7270, 14.9520 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
Ragalna CT 11 3924 3924
Biancavilla CT 12 24007 27931
Bronte CT 13 19172 47103
Adrano CT 13 36122 83225
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 13 7641 90866
Maletto CT 14 3920 94786
Zafferana Etnea CT 14 9517 104303
Nicolosi CT 14 7463 111766
Milo CT 15 1087 112853
Belpasso CT 15 28108 140961
Pedara CT 15 14102 155063
Trecastagni CT 17 10910 165973
Randazzo CT 17 10900 176873
Sant'Alfio CT 17 1582 178455
PaternĂ² CT 17 48228 226683
Santa Venerina CT 17 8592 235275
Viagrande CT 18 8563 243838
San Pietro Clarenza CT 18 7743 251581
Camporotondo Etneo CT 18 5023 256604
Mascalucia CT 19 31958 288562
Maniace CT 20 3765 292327
Tremestieri Etneo CT 20 20589 312916
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 20 3524 316440

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
23 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
28 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
74 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
74 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
80 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
83 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
91 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
94 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
96 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
98 Km N of Modica (54633 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 2.0 2018-12-23
18:50:01
37.727 14.952 5 2018-12-23
19:08:24
Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania) 64121891
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2018-12-23 18:50:01 ± 0
Latitude 37.7270
Longitude 14.9520
Depth (km) 5 ± 0 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 200 -> SURVEY-INGV-CT
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 64121891

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) 59
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) 0.18
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:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 64121891
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-12-23 19:08:24
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