Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 29-12-2018 and time 03:28:33 (UTC) in region 4 km S Zafferana Etnea (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: 4 km S Zafferana Etnea (CT), on

  • 29-12-2018 03:28:33 (UTC)
  • 29-12-2018 04:28:33 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6610, 15.0950 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 4 9517 9517
Santa Venerina CT 5 8592 18109
Trecastagni CT 5 10910 29019
Viagrande CT 6 8563 37582
Pedara CT 6 14102 51684
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 7 17984 69668
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 7 3524 73192
Milo CT 7 1087 74279
Aci Catena CT 8 29851 104130
Nicolosi CT 8 7463 111593
Acireale CT 8 52622 164215
San Giovanni la Punta CT 9 23060 187275
Valverde CT 9 7840 195115
Tremestieri Etneo CT 10 20589 215704
Sant'Alfio CT 10 1582 217286
Mascalucia CT 10 31958 249244
San Gregorio di Catania CT 11 11966 261210
Giarre CT 11 27659 288869
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 11 9479 298348
Gravina di Catania CT 11 25838 324186
San Pietro Clarenza CT 12 7743 331929
Aci Castello CT 12 18723 350652
Riposto CT 13 14838 365490
Belpasso CT 13 28108 393598
Camporotondo Etneo CT 13 5023 398621
Mascali CT 14 14282 412903
Ragalna CT 14 3924 416827
Misterbianco CT 17 49410 466237
Catania CT 18 314555 780792
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 18 9623 790415
Piedimonte Etneo CT 18 3963 794378
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 19 7641 802019
PaternĂ² CT 19 48228 850247
Motta Sant'Anastasia CT 20 12116 862363
Biancavilla CT 20 24007 886370

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
8 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
18 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
69 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
69 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
72 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
88 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
93 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
93 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
94 Km NE 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 1.2 2018-12-29
03:28:33
37.661 15.095 0 2018-12-29
06:09:52
Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania) 64319851
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2018-12-29 03:28:33 ± 0
Latitude 37.6610
Longitude 15.0950
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 64319851

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 64319851
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-12-29 06:09:52
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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