Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.5 on date 24-12-2018 and time 10:13:47 (Italy) in region 10 km W Milo (CT)

A magnitude ML 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 10 km W Milo (CT), on

  • 24-12-2018 09:13:47 (UTC)
  • 24-12-2018 10:13:47 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7500, 15.0050 at 1 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania).

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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 11 9517 10604
Sant'Alfio CT 12 1582 12186
Santa Venerina CT 14 8592 20778
Ragalna CT 14 3924 24702
Nicolosi CT 15 7463 32165
Maletto CT 15 3920 36085
Randazzo CT 15 10900 46985
Pedara CT 15 14102 61087
Bronte CT 16 19172 80259
Linguaglossa CT 16 5403 85662
Giarre CT 16 27659 113321
Trecastagni CT 16 10910 124231
Piedimonte Etneo CT 17 3963 128194
Mascali CT 17 14282 142476
Biancavilla CT 17 24007 166483
Moio Alcantara ME 17 717 167200
Viagrande CT 17 8563 175763
Riposto CT 18 14838 190601
Belpasso CT 18 28108 218709
Adrano CT 18 36122 254831
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 18 7641 262472
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 18 3215 265687
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 19 9623 275310
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 19 980 276290
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 19 3524 279814
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 19 17984 297798
Malvagna ME 19 733 298531
San Pietro Clarenza CT 20 7743 306274
Mascalucia CT 20 31958 338232

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
21 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)
81 Km NW 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 2.5 2018-12-24
09:13:47
37.75 15.005 1 2018-12-24
09:27:34
Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania) 64148921
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2018-12-24 09:13:47 ± 0
Latitude 37.7500
Longitude 15.0050
Depth (km) 1 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 200 -> SURVEY-INGV-CT
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 64148921

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) 600.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree)
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)
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:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 64148921
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-12-24 09:27:34
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