Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.8 on date 29-12-2018 and time 04:33:32 (UTC) in region 8 km W Zafferana Etnea (CT)

A magnitude ML 0.8 earthquake occured in region: 8 km W Zafferana Etnea (CT), on

  • 29-12-2018 04:33:32 (UTC)
  • 29-12-2018 05:33:32 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6940, 15.0170 at 0 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania).

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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
Pedara CT 9 14102 31082
Milo CT 9 1087 32169
Ragalna CT 10 3924 36093
Trecastagni CT 10 10910 47003
Santa Venerina CT 11 8592 55595
Viagrande CT 12 8563 64158
Belpasso CT 12 28108 92266
Sant'Alfio CT 13 1582 93848
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 13 3524 97372
San Pietro Clarenza CT 13 7743 105115
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 14 17984 123099
Mascalucia CT 14 31958 155057
Tremestieri Etneo CT 14 20589 175646
Camporotondo Etneo CT 14 5023 180669
Biancavilla CT 14 24007 204676
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 14 7641 212317
San Giovanni la Punta CT 15 23060 235377
Aci Catena CT 15 29851 265228
Gravina di Catania CT 15 25838 291066
Giarre CT 15 27659 318725
Valverde CT 16 7840 326565
Acireale CT 16 52622 379187
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 16 9479 388666
PaternĂ² CT 16 48228 436894
San Gregorio di Catania CT 16 11966 448860
Adrano CT 17 36122 484982
Riposto CT 17 14838 499820
Mascali CT 17 14282 514102
Aci Castello CT 19 18723 532825
Piedimonte Etneo CT 19 3963 536788
Misterbianco CT 19 49410 586198
Bronte CT 19 19172 605370
Linguaglossa CT 20 5403 610773

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)
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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 0.8 2018-12-29
04:33:32
37.694 15.017 0 2018-12-29
06:14:01
Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania) 64319881
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2018-12-29 04:33:32 ± 0
Latitude 37.6940
Longitude 15.0170
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 64319881

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:0.8

Field Value
Value 0.8
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 64319881
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-12-29 06:14:01
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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