Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.7 on date 25-12-2018 and time 06:39:46 (UTC) in region 8 km W Zafferana Etnea (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.7 earthquake occured in region: 8 km W Zafferana Etnea (CT), on

  • 25-12-2018 06:39:46 (UTC)
  • 25-12-2018 07:39:46 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7250, 15.0200 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
Milo CT 9 1087 10604
Sant'Alfio CT 11 1582 12186
Santa Venerina CT 11 8592 20778
Nicolosi CT 12 7463 28241
Pedara CT 12 14102 42343
Ragalna CT 13 3924 46267
Trecastagni CT 13 10910 57177
Viagrande CT 14 8563 65740
Giarre CT 15 27659 93399
Belpasso CT 15 28108 121507
Mascali CT 16 14282 135789
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 16 3524 139313
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 16 17984 157297
Biancavilla CT 16 24007 181304
Riposto CT 16 14838 196142
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 17 7641 203783
Piedimonte Etneo CT 17 3963 207746
San Pietro Clarenza CT 17 7743 215489
Linguaglossa CT 17 5403 220892
Mascalucia CT 17 31958 252850
Tremestieri Etneo CT 17 20589 273439
Aci Catena CT 17 29851 303290
Camporotondo Etneo CT 17 5023 308313
San Giovanni la Punta CT 18 23060 331373
Adrano CT 18 36122 367495
Bronte CT 18 19172 386667
Acireale CT 18 52622 439289
Maletto CT 18 3920 443209
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 18 9623 452832
Randazzo CT 18 10900 463732
Gravina di Catania CT 19 25838 489570
Valverde CT 19 7840 497410
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 19 9479 506889
PaternĂ² CT 19 48228 555117
San Gregorio di Catania CT 19 11966 567083
Moio Alcantara ME 20 717 567800
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 20 3215 571015

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
18 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
25 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
70 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
70 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
78 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
88 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
92 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
96 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
99 Km N of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
100 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 1.7 2018-12-25
06:39:46
37.725 15.02 0 2018-12-26
11:16:21
Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania) 64240701
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2018-12-25 06:39:46 ± 0
Latitude 37.7250
Longitude 15.0200
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 64240701

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:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 64240701
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-12-26 11:16:21
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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