Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.5 on date 03-01-2019 and time 21:19:43 (UTC) in region Santa Maria di Licodia (CT)

A magnitude ML 2.5 earthquake occured in region: Santa Maria di Licodia (CT), on

  • 03-01-2019 21:19:43 (UTC)
  • 03-01-2019 22:19:43 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6140, 14.8910 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
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 0 7641 7641
Biancavilla CT 4 24007 31648
PaternĂ² CT 4 48228 79876
Ragalna CT 5 3924 83800
Adrano CT 7 36122 119922
Belpasso CT 8 28108 148030
Camporotondo Etneo CT 11 5023 153053
Nicolosi CT 12 7463 160516
San Pietro Clarenza CT 13 7743 168259
Centuripe EN 13 5470 173729
Motta Sant'Anastasia CT 13 12116 185845
Misterbianco CT 15 49410 235255
Pedara CT 15 14102 249357
Mascalucia CT 15 31958 281315
Gravina di Catania CT 16 25838 307153
Tremestieri Etneo CT 17 20589 327742
Trecastagni CT 17 10910 338652
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 18 9479 348131
Viagrande CT 18 8563 356694
Catenanuova EN 18 4866 361560
San Giovanni la Punta CT 18 23060 384620
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 19 3524 388144
San Gregorio di Catania CT 20 11966 400110
Bronte CT 20 19172 419282

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
21 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
24 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
71 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
74 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
78 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
80 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
83 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
85 Km N of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
86 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
87 Km SW of Messina (238439 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 2.5 2019-01-03
21:19:43
37.614 14.891 0 2019-01-03
22:07:03
Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania) 64489091
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-01-03 21:19:43 ± 0
Latitude 37.6140
Longitude 14.8910
Depth (km) 0 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 200 -> SURVEY-INGV-CT
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 64489091

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description horizontal uncertainty
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) 1000.0
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:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 64489091
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-01-03 22:07:03
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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