Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 30-12-2018 and time 11:56:27 (Italy) in region Costa Catanese (Catania)

A magnitude ML 2.0 earthquake occured in region: Costa Catanese (Catania), on

  • 30-12-2018 10:56:27 (UTC)
  • 30-12-2018 11:56:27 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7770, 15.3610 at 7 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

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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
Giardini-Naxos ME 10 9415 9415
Taormina ME 11 10960 20375
Castelmola ME 12 1088 21463
Letojanni ME 13 2861 24324
Calatabiano CT 13 5308 29632
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 14 9623 39255
Mascali CT 15 14282 53537
Riposto CT 15 14838 68375
Gallodoro ME 15 367 68742
Forza d'Agrò ME 16 911 69653
Gaggi ME 16 3184 72837
Sant'Alessio Siculo ME 16 1554 74391
Mongiuffi Melia ME 16 600 74991
Giarre CT 16 27659 102650
Piedimonte Etneo CT 16 3963 106613
Graniti ME 17 1492 108105
Santa Teresa di Riva ME 19 9377 117482
Roccafiorita ME 19 197 117679
Sant'Alfio CT 19 1582 119261
Limina ME 20 836 120097

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
25 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
39 Km NE of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
45 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
50 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
80 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000
ML 2.0 2018-12-30
10:56:27
37.7768 15.3607 7 2019-06-04
09:16:07
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 64754721
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 2.0 2018-12-30
10:56:27
37.7892 15.3528 8 2018-12-30
11:05:35
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 64360281
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2018-12-30 10:56:27 ± 0.22
Latitude 37.7768 ± 0.0063
Longitude 15.3607 ± 0.0182
Depth (km) 7 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 64754721

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1555
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 585
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 281
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1560.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 148
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 16
Number of defining phases 16
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.34
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.17177
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.64032
Number of stations at which the event was observed 10
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 10
Magnitudes information

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 64754721
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-05-16 08:01:22

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 64360281
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-12-30 11:05:35
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.HAGA.HHN. 2018-12-30T10:56:46.02 0.6 undecidable manual S 198 57.498 50 0.32 44
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2018-12-30T10:56:45.85 0.6 undecidable manual S 13 55.5 50 0.67 40
MN.CEL.HNN. 2018-12-30T10:56:40.15 0.1 undecidable manual P 41 71.0733 50 0.25 88
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2018-12-30T10:56:40.37 0.6 undecidable manual S 359 41.0256 50 -0.93 37
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2018-12-30T10:56:39.57 0.6 undecidable manual S 325 34.0437 102 0.46 45
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2018-12-30T10:56:37.55 0.1 positive manual P 13 55.5 50 0.04 95
IV.HAGA.HHN. 2018-12-30T10:56:37.36 0.3 undecidable manual P 198 57.498 50 -0.45 65
IV.MUCR.HHE. 2018-12-30T10:56:36.97 0.1 undecidable manual P 305 51.8037 50 0.03 95
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2018-12-30T10:56:35.60 0.6 undecidable manual S 333 24.2535 107 -0.23 48
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2018-12-30T10:56:35.23 0.3 undecidable manual P 359 41.0256 50 -0.04 73
IV.MTTG.HHE. 2018-12-30T10:56:34.85 0.3 undecidable manual P 50 38.8278 50 -0.09 72
IV.EPOZ.HHN. 2018-12-30T10:56:34.09 0.3 undecidable manual S 232 19.0698 111 -0.03 76
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2018-12-30T10:56:33.79 0.3 undecidable manual P 325 34.0437 102 -0.22 71
IV.EVRN.HNN. 2018-12-30T10:56:32.48 0.3 undecidable manual P 244 22.0668 108 0.8 60
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2018-12-30T10:56:32.08 0.1 positive manual P 333 24.2535 107 -0.04 100
IV.EPOZ.HHN. 2018-12-30T10:56:30.66 0.3 undecidable manual P 232 19.0698 111 -0.47 69
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.8 0.00040949674999999995 0.3584 AML other m 2018-12-30T10:56:37.55
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:2.2 0.0006114656 1.5008 AML other m 2018-12-30T10:56:40.21
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:2.1 0.00028700000000000004 0.3 AML other m 2018-12-30T10:56:46.23
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:1.9 0.00017790075500000003 0.3968 AML other m 2018-12-30T10:56:46.53
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