Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.2 on date 18-12-2017 and time 05:52:35 (Italy) in region 7 km NE Ragalna (CT)

A magnitude ML 2.2 earthquake occured in region: 7 km NE Ragalna (CT), on

  • 18-12-2017 04:52:35 (UTC)
  • 18-12-2017 05:52:35 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6880, 14.9740 at 2 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
Ragalna CT 7 3924 3924
Nicolosi CT 9 7463 11387
Biancavilla CT 10 24007 35394
Belpasso CT 11 28108 63502
Pedara CT 11 14102 77604
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 11 7641 85245
Zafferana Etnea CT 12 9517 94762
Trecastagni CT 12 10910 105672
Adrano CT 13 36122 141794
Milo CT 13 1087 142881
San Pietro Clarenza CT 14 7743 150624
Camporotondo Etneo CT 14 5023 155647
PaternĂ² CT 14 48228 203875
Viagrande CT 14 8563 212438
Mascalucia CT 15 31958 244396
Santa Venerina CT 15 8592 252988
Tremestieri Etneo CT 15 20589 273577
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 16 3524 277101
Gravina di Catania CT 16 25838 302939
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 16 17984 320923
Sant'Alfio CT 16 1582 322505
San Giovanni la Punta CT 16 23060 345565
Bronte CT 17 19172 364737
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 17 9479 374216
Aci Catena CT 18 29851 404067
Valverde CT 18 7840 411907
San Gregorio di Catania CT 18 11966 423873
Maletto CT 18 3920 427793
Misterbianco CT 19 49410 477203
Acireale CT 19 52622 529825
Giarre CT 19 27659 557484
Motta Sant'Anastasia CT 20 12116 569600

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
19 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
23 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
75 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
75 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
76 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
83 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
87 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
91 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
94 Km N of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
94 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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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 2.2 2017-12-18
04:52:35
37.6882 14.9735 2 2018-09-04
09:10:45
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 58999371
Reviewed
Rev100
Md 2.0 2017-12-18
04:52:31
37.585 15.1727 8 2017-12-18
05:03:59
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 52650181
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2017-12-18 04:52:35 ± 0.33
Latitude 37.6882 ± 0.0144
Longitude 14.9735 ± 0.0239
Depth (km) 2 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 58999371

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1734
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1567
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 303
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1730.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 98
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 11
Number of defining phases 11
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.63
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00540
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.34894
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitudes information

ML:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 58999371
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-07-23 14:12:43

Md:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 52650181
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2017-12-18 05:03:59
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.HLNI.HHE. 2017-12-18T04:52:44.32 0.3 undecidable manual P 193 38.7279 93 1.15 50
IV.AIO.HHE. 2017-12-18T04:52:43.19 0.1 undecidable manual P 36 38.7279 93 0.02 97
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2017-12-18T04:52:42.91 0.3 undecidable manual P 274 35.8419 93 0.33 69
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2017-12-18T04:52:41.67 0.6 undecidable manual S 352 14.874 98 1.07 36
IV.ESML.HHZ. 2017-12-18T04:52:39.80 0.3 undecidable manual S 227 11.3775 101 0.4 71
IV.EPOZ.HHZ. 2017-12-18T04:52:39.17 0.6 undecidable manual P 95 18.9699 96 -0.05 50
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2017-12-18T04:52:38.53 0.1 undecidable manual P 326 18.1707 97 -0.54 90
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2017-12-18T04:52:38.49 0.1 undecidable manual P 352 14.874 98 0.09 100
IV.ESLN.HHZ. 2017-12-18T04:52:36.63 0.3 undecidable manual S 8 0.5994 165 0.46 71
IV.ESML.HHZ. 2017-12-18T04:52:36.63 0.1 negative manual P 227 11.3775 101 -1.08 72
IV.ESLN.HHZ. 2017-12-18T04:52:35.14 0.1 positive manual P 8 0.5994 165 -0.7 87
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.ESLN.HHN. ML:0.0 0.011859584999999999 0.4992 AML other m 2017-12-18T04:52:39.88
IV.ESLN.HHE. ML:0.0 0.009244120500000001 0.3392 AML other m 2017-12-18T04:52:39.45
IV.ESML.HHN. ML:2.4 0.003987914 0.3808 AML other m 2017-12-18T04:52:42.13
IV.ESML.HHE. ML:2.3 0.0034143 0.2016 AML other m 2017-12-18T04:52:40.55
IV.EMSG.HHN. ML:2.1 0.00156108 0.2784 AML other m 2017-12-18T04:52:46.03
IV.EMSG.HHE. ML:2.1 0.0016208054999999999 0.3008 AML other m 2017-12-18T04:52:46.46
IV.EPZF.HHN. ML:2.0 0.00099191155 0.5984 AML other m 2017-12-18T04:52:50.00
IV.EPZF.HHE. ML:2.1 0.0011535575 0.8608 AML other m 2017-12-18T04:52:52.55
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