Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.2 on date 26-12-2018 and time 03:36:35 (Italy) in region 3 km SW Zafferana Etnea (CT)

A magnitude ML 2.2 earthquake occured in region: 3 km SW Zafferana Etnea (CT), on

  • 26-12-2018 02:36:35 (UTC)
  • 26-12-2018 03:36:35 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6750, 15.0900 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 3 9517 9517
Santa Venerina CT 5 8592 18109
Milo CT 6 1087 19196
Trecastagni CT 6 10910 30106
Pedara CT 7 14102 44208
Viagrande CT 7 8563 52771
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 8 17984 70755
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 9 3524 74279
Nicolosi CT 9 7463 81742
Sant'Alfio CT 9 1582 83324
Aci Catena CT 9 29851 113175
Acireale CT 10 52622 165797
Giarre CT 10 27659 193456
San Giovanni la Punta CT 11 23060 216516
Valverde CT 11 7840 224356
Tremestieri Etneo CT 11 20589 244945
Mascalucia CT 12 31958 276903
Riposto CT 12 14838 291741
San Gregorio di Catania CT 12 11966 303707
San Pietro Clarenza CT 13 7743 311450
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 13 9479 320929
Gravina di Catania CT 13 25838 346767
Mascali CT 13 14282 361049
Belpasso CT 14 28108 389157
Camporotondo Etneo CT 14 5023 394180
Aci Castello CT 14 18723 412903
Ragalna CT 14 3924 416827
Piedimonte Etneo CT 17 3963 420790
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 17 9623 430413
Misterbianco CT 19 49410 479823
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 19 7641 487464
Catania CT 19 314555 802019
Linguaglossa CT 19 5403 807422
Biancavilla CT 20 24007 831429
PaternĂ² CT 20 48228 879657

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
10 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
19 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
69 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
71 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
71 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
89 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
93 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
94 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
95 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 2.2 2018-12-26
02:36:35
37.675 15.09 2 2018-12-26
03:45:34
Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania) 64231971
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2018-12-26 02:36:35 ± 0
Latitude 37.6750
Longitude 15.0900
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 64231971

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:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 64231971
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-12-26 03:45:34
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