Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 28-12-2018 and time 11:08:39 (UTC) in region 7 km NW Zafferana Etnea (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: 7 km NW Zafferana Etnea (CT), on

  • 28-12-2018 11:08:39 (UTC)
  • 28-12-2018 12:08:39 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7270, 15.0410 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 7 9517 9517
Milo CT 7 1087 10604
Sant'Alfio CT 9 1582 12186
Santa Venerina CT 10 8592 20778
Pedara CT 12 14102 34880
Nicolosi CT 13 7463 42343
Trecastagni CT 13 10910 53253
Giarre CT 13 27659 80912
Viagrande CT 14 8563 89475
Ragalna CT 14 3924 93399
Mascali CT 14 14282 107681
Riposto CT 14 14838 122519
Piedimonte Etneo CT 15 3963 126482
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 15 17984 144466
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 15 3524 147990
Linguaglossa CT 16 5403 153393
Belpasso CT 16 28108 181501
Aci Catena CT 16 29851 211352
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 17 9623 220975
Acireale CT 17 52622 273597
Tremestieri Etneo CT 17 20589 294186
Mascalucia CT 17 31958 326144
San Pietro Clarenza CT 17 7743 333887
San Giovanni la Punta CT 17 23060 356947
Biancavilla CT 18 24007 380954
Camporotondo Etneo CT 18 5023 385977
Valverde CT 18 7840 393817
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 18 7641 401458
Gravina di Catania CT 19 25838 427296
Randazzo CT 19 10900 438196
San Gregorio di Catania CT 19 11966 450162
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 19 9479 459641
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 19 3215 462856
Maletto CT 19 3920 466776
Moio Alcantara ME 19 717 467493
Bronte CT 20 19172 486665
Adrano CT 20 36122 522787
Calatabiano CT 20 5308 528095

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
17 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
25 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
68 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
69 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
77 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
90 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
93 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
97 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
100 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 1.2 2018-12-28
11:08:39
37.727 15.041 0 2018-12-28
13:53:57
Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania) 64304581
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2018-12-28 11:08:39 ± 0
Latitude 37.7270
Longitude 15.0410
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 64304581

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:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 64304581
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-12-28 13:53:57
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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