Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 24-12-2018 and time 18:04:23 (UTC) in region 7 km W Zafferana Etnea (CT)

A magnitude ML 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 7 km W Zafferana Etnea (CT), on

  • 24-12-2018 18:04:23 (UTC)
  • 24-12-2018 19:04:23 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7110, 15.0230 at 2 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
Zafferana Etnea CT 7 9517 9517
Milo CT 8 1087 10604
Santa Venerina CT 11 8592 19196
Nicolosi CT 11 7463 26659
Pedara CT 11 14102 40761
Sant'Alfio CT 11 1582 42343
Trecastagni CT 12 10910 53253
Ragalna CT 12 3924 57177
Viagrande CT 13 8563 65740
Belpasso CT 14 28108 93848
Giarre CT 14 27659 121507
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 15 3524 125031
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 15 17984 143015
San Pietro Clarenza CT 15 7743 150758
Mascalucia CT 16 31958 182716
Tremestieri Etneo CT 16 20589 203305
Biancavilla CT 16 24007 227312
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 16 7641 234953
Camporotondo Etneo CT 16 5023 239976
Aci Catena CT 16 29851 269827
Mascali CT 16 14282 284109
San Giovanni la Punta CT 16 23060 307169
Riposto CT 16 14838 322007
Acireale CT 17 52622 374629
Gravina di Catania CT 17 25838 400467
Valverde CT 17 7840 408307
Adrano CT 18 36122 444429
Piedimonte Etneo CT 18 3963 448392
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 18 9479 457871
San Gregorio di Catania CT 18 11966 469837
Linguaglossa CT 18 5403 475240
PaternĂ² CT 18 48228 523468
Bronte CT 19 19172 542640
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 19 9623 552263
Maletto CT 19 3920 556183
Randazzo CT 20 10900 567083

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
17 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
24 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
70 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
71 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
76 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
88 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
91 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
95 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
97 Km N of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
99 Km NE of Gela (75827 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 2018-12-24
18:04:23
37.711 15.023 2 2018-12-24
18:57:14
Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania) 64177461
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2018-12-24 18:04:23 ± 0
Latitude 37.7110
Longitude 15.0230
Depth (km) 2 ± 0 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 200 -> SURVEY-INGV-CT
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 64177461

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description
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) 0.0
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:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 64177461
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-12-24 18:57:14
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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