Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 25-12-2018 and time 23:27:08 (UTC) in region 9 km W Zafferana Etnea (CT)

A magnitude ML 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 9 km W Zafferana Etnea (CT), on

  • 25-12-2018 23:27:08 (UTC)
  • 26-12-2018 00:27:08 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7150, 15.0090 at 4 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 9 9517 9517
Milo CT 10 1087 10604
Ragalna CT 11 3924 14528
Nicolosi CT 11 7463 21991
Pedara CT 12 14102 36093
Santa Venerina CT 12 8592 44685
Sant'Alfio CT 12 1582 46267
Trecastagni CT 12 10910 57177
Belpasso CT 14 28108 85285
Viagrande CT 14 8563 93848
Biancavilla CT 15 24007 117855
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 15 7641 125496
Giarre CT 16 27659 153155
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 16 3524 156679
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 16 17984 174663
San Pietro Clarenza CT 16 7743 182406
Mascalucia CT 16 31958 214364
Tremestieri Etneo CT 16 20589 234953
Camporotondo Etneo CT 16 5023 239976
Adrano CT 17 36122 276098
San Giovanni la Punta CT 17 23060 299158
Mascali CT 17 14282 313440
Aci Catena CT 17 29851 343291
Riposto CT 17 14838 358129
Bronte CT 18 19172 377301
Gravina di Catania CT 18 25838 403139
PaternĂ² CT 18 48228 451367
Maletto CT 18 3920 455287
Acireale CT 18 52622 507909
Piedimonte Etneo CT 18 3963 511872
Valverde CT 18 7840 519712
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 18 9479 529191
Linguaglossa CT 19 5403 534594
San Gregorio di Catania CT 19 11966 546560
Randazzo CT 19 10900 557460
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 20 9623 567083

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
18 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
25 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
71 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
72 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
77 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
87 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
91 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
95 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
98 Km N of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
98 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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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 2018-12-25
23:27:08
37.715 15.009 4 2018-12-26
01:05:57
Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania) 64227821
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 2.2 2018-12-25
23:27:09
37.7052 15.0307 1 2018-12-26
00:16:37
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 64226831
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2018-12-25 23:27:08 ± 0
Latitude 37.7150
Longitude 15.0090
Depth (km) 4 ± 0 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 200 -> SURVEY-INGV-CT
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 64227821

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) 0
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
Magnitudes information

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 64227821
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-12-26 01:05:57

ML:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 64226831
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-12-26 00:16:37
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