Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 26-12-2018 and time 09:34:25 (Italy) in region 8 km W Zafferana Etnea (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: 8 km W Zafferana Etnea (CT), on

  • 26-12-2018 08:34:25 (UTC)
  • 26-12-2018 09:34:25 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6940, 15.0120 at 0 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 8 9517 9517
Nicolosi CT 9 7463 16980
Ragalna CT 9 3924 20904
Pedara CT 10 14102 35006
Milo CT 10 1087 36093
Trecastagni CT 10 10910 47003
Santa Venerina CT 11 8592 55595
Belpasso CT 12 28108 83703
Viagrande CT 12 8563 92266
Sant'Alfio CT 13 1582 93848
San Pietro Clarenza CT 14 7743 101591
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 14 3524 105115
Biancavilla CT 14 24007 129122
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 14 7641 136763
Mascalucia CT 14 31958 168721
Camporotondo Etneo CT 14 5023 173744
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 14 17984 191728
Tremestieri Etneo CT 14 20589 212317
San Giovanni la Punta CT 15 23060 235377
Aci Catena CT 15 29851 265228
Gravina di Catania CT 15 25838 291066
Giarre CT 16 27659 318725
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 16 9479 328204
Valverde CT 16 7840 336044
PaternĂ² CT 16 48228 384272
Adrano CT 16 36122 420394
Acireale CT 16 52622 473016
San Gregorio di Catania CT 17 11966 484982
Riposto CT 18 14838 499820
Mascali CT 18 14282 514102
Bronte CT 19 19172 533274
Misterbianco CT 19 49410 582684
Aci Castello CT 19 18723 601407
Piedimonte Etneo CT 19 3963 605370
Maletto CT 20 3920 609290

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
16 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
22 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
72 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
73 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
75 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
87 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
89 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
93 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
95 Km N of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
97 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 1.5 2018-12-26
08:34:25
37.694 15.012 0 2018-12-26
10:35:11
Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania) 64239471
Reviewed
Rev200
ML 1.5 2018-12-26
08:34:25
37.694 15.012 0 2018-12-26
09:33:26
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 64237921
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2018-12-26 08:34:25 ± 0
Latitude 37.6940
Longitude 15.0120
Depth (km) 0 ± 0 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 200 -> SURVEY-INGV-CT
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 64239471

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:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 64239471
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-12-26 10:35:11

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 64237921
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-12-26 09:33:26
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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