Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.3 on date 27-12-2018 and time 11:21:28 (Italy) in region 2 km SW Zafferana Etnea (CT)

A magnitude ML 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 2 km SW Zafferana Etnea (CT), on

  • 27-12-2018 10:21:28 (UTC)
  • 27-12-2018 11:21:28 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6870, 15.0870 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 2 9517 9517
Santa Venerina CT 5 8592 18109
Milo CT 5 1087 19196
Trecastagni CT 8 10910 30106
Pedara CT 8 14102 44208
Sant'Alfio CT 8 1582 45790
Viagrande CT 8 8563 54353
Nicolosi CT 10 7463 61816
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 10 17984 79800
Giarre CT 10 27659 107459
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 10 3524 110983
Aci Catena CT 11 29851 140834
Acireale CT 11 52622 193456
Riposto CT 12 14838 208294
San Giovanni la Punta CT 12 23060 231354
Tremestieri Etneo CT 12 20589 251943
Valverde CT 12 7840 259783
Mascali CT 13 14282 274065
Mascalucia CT 13 31958 306023
San Gregorio di Catania CT 14 11966 317989
San Pietro Clarenza CT 14 7743 325732
Gravina di Catania CT 14 25838 351570
Belpasso CT 14 28108 379678
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 14 9479 389157
Ragalna CT 14 3924 393081
Camporotondo Etneo CT 15 5023 398104
Aci Castello CT 15 18723 416827
Piedimonte Etneo CT 16 3963 420790
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 16 9623 430413
Linguaglossa CT 18 5403 435816
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 19 7641 443457
Calatabiano CT 20 5308 448765
Misterbianco CT 20 49410 498175
Biancavilla CT 20 24007 522182

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
11 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
20 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
68 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
70 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
72 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
90 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
93 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
95 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
96 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 2.3 2018-12-27
10:21:28
37.687 15.087 1 2018-12-27
12:35:43
Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania) 64273331
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2018-12-27 10:21:28 ± 0
Latitude 37.6870
Longitude 15.0870
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 64273331

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:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 64273331
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-12-27 12:35:43
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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