Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.0 on date 04-01-2019 and time 02:06:56 (Italy) in region 9 km W Zafferana Etnea (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.0 earthquake occured in region: 9 km W Zafferana Etnea (CT), on

  • 04-01-2019 01:06:56 (UTC)
  • 04-01-2019 02:06:56 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7180, 15.0050 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 9 9517 9517
Milo CT 10 1087 10604
Ragalna CT 11 3924 14528
Nicolosi CT 12 7463 21991
Pedara CT 12 14102 36093
Santa Venerina CT 12 8592 44685
Sant'Alfio CT 13 1582 46267
Trecastagni CT 13 10910 57177
Belpasso CT 14 28108 85285
Viagrande CT 14 8563 93848
Biancavilla CT 15 24007 117855
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 15 7641 125496
Giarre CT 16 27659 153155
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 16 3524 156679
San Pietro Clarenza CT 16 7743 164422
Adrano CT 16 36122 200544
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 16 17984 218528
Camporotondo Etneo CT 17 5023 223551
Mascalucia CT 17 31958 255509
Tremestieri Etneo CT 17 20589 276098
Bronte CT 17 19172 295270
Mascali CT 17 14282 309552
San Giovanni la Punta CT 17 23060 332612
Maletto CT 17 3920 336532
Aci Catena CT 18 29851 366383
Riposto CT 18 14838 381221
PaternĂ² CT 18 48228 429449
Gravina di Catania CT 18 25838 455287
Piedimonte Etneo CT 18 3963 459250
Linguaglossa CT 18 5403 464653
Acireale CT 18 52622 517275
Randazzo CT 19 10900 528175
Valverde CT 19 7840 536015
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 19 9479 545494
San Gregorio di Catania CT 19 11966 557460
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 20 9623 567083

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
18 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
25 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
71 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
72 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
77 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
87 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
91 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
95 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
98 Km N of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
98 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 1.0 2019-01-04
01:06:56
37.718 15.005 0 2019-01-04
03:32:56
Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania) 64491981
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-01-04 01:06:56 ± 0
Latitude 37.7180
Longitude 15.0050
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 64491981

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:1.0

Field Value
Value 1.0
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 64491981
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-01-04 03:32:56
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