Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.2 on date 26-12-2018 and time 09:28:23 (Italy) in region 3 km NW Zafferana Etnea (CT)

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

  • 26-12-2018 08:28:23 (UTC)
  • 26-12-2018 09:28:23 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7170, 15.0760 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
Zafferana Etnea CT 3 9517 9517
Milo CT 4 1087 10604
Santa Venerina CT 6 8592 19196
Sant'Alfio CT 7 1582 20778
Giarre CT 10 27659 48437
Trecastagni CT 11 10910 59347
Pedara CT 11 14102 73449
Riposto CT 11 14838 88287
Mascali CT 12 14282 102569
Viagrande CT 12 8563 111132
Nicolosi CT 12 7463 118595
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 13 17984 136579
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 13 3524 140103
Piedimonte Etneo CT 14 3963 144066
Aci Catena CT 14 29851 173917
Acireale CT 14 52622 226539
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 15 9623 236162
Linguaglossa CT 15 5403 241565
Ragalna CT 15 3924 245489
San Giovanni la Punta CT 16 23060 268549
Tremestieri Etneo CT 16 20589 289138
Valverde CT 16 7840 296978
Mascalucia CT 16 31958 328936
Belpasso CT 16 28108 357044
San Pietro Clarenza CT 17 7743 364787
San Gregorio di Catania CT 17 11966 376753
Gravina di Catania CT 17 25838 402591
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 18 9479 412070
Camporotondo Etneo CT 18 5023 417093
Calatabiano CT 18 5308 422401
Aci Castello CT 19 18723 441124
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 19 3215 444339
Biancavilla CT 20 24007 468346
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 20 7641 475987

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
14 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
24 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
66 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
68 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
75 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
93 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
93 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
98 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
99 Km N of Modica (54633 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 2.2 2018-12-26
08:28:23
37.717 15.076 1 2018-12-26
10:35:30
Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania) 64239481
Reviewed
Rev200
ML 2.2 2018-12-26
08:28:23
37.717 15.076 1 2018-12-26
09:32:26
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 64237911
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2018-12-26 08:28:23 ± 0
Latitude 37.7170
Longitude 15.0760
Depth (km) 1 ± 0 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 200 -> SURVEY-INGV-CT
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 64239481

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:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 64239481
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-12-26 10:35:30

ML:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 64237911
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-12-26 09:32:26
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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