Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.9 on date 31-12-2018 and time 01:39:53 (Italy) in region 7 km N Ragalna (CT)

A magnitude ML 0.9 earthquake occured in region: 7 km N Ragalna (CT), on

  • 31-12-2018 00:39:53 (UTC)
  • 31-12-2018 01:39:53 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6930, 14.9590 at 1 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
Ragalna CT 7 3924 3924
Biancavilla CT 10 24007 27931
Nicolosi CT 11 7463 35394
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 11 7641 43035
Belpasso CT 11 28108 71143
Adrano CT 12 36122 107265
Pedara CT 12 14102 121367
Zafferana Etnea CT 13 9517 130884
Trecastagni CT 14 10910 141794
PaternĂ² CT 14 48228 190022
Milo CT 14 1087 191109
Camporotondo Etneo CT 15 5023 196132
San Pietro Clarenza CT 15 7743 203875
Viagrande CT 15 8563 212438
Bronte CT 15 19172 231610
Mascalucia CT 16 31958 263568
Santa Venerina CT 16 8592 272160
Tremestieri Etneo CT 16 20589 292749
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 17 3524 296273
Gravina di Catania CT 17 25838 322111
Maletto CT 17 3920 326031
Sant'Alfio CT 17 1582 327613
San Giovanni la Punta CT 18 23060 350673
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 18 17984 368657
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 18 9479 378136
Aci Catena CT 19 29851 407987
Valverde CT 19 7840 415827
San Gregorio di Catania CT 19 11966 427793
Misterbianco CT 20 49410 477203
Motta Sant'Anastasia CT 20 12116 489319

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
20 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
24 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
76 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
76 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
77 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
82 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
88 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
91 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
94 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
94 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 0.9 2018-12-31
00:39:53
37.693 14.959 1 2018-12-31
05:16:18
Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania) 64377491
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2018-12-31 00:39:53 ± 0
Latitude 37.6930
Longitude 14.9590
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 64377491

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:0.9

Field Value
Value 0.9
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 64377491
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-12-31 05:16:18
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