Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.1 on date 27-12-2018 and time 01:18:53 (UTC) in region 9 km N Ragalna (CT)

A magnitude ML 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 9 km N Ragalna (CT), on

  • 27-12-2018 01:18:53 (UTC)
  • 27-12-2018 02:18:53 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7110, 14.9580 at 2 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 9 3924 3924
Biancavilla CT 11 24007 27931
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 12 7641 35572
Adrano CT 12 36122 71694
Nicolosi CT 12 7463 79157
Zafferana Etnea CT 13 9517 88674
Belpasso CT 13 28108 116782
Pedara CT 14 14102 130884
Bronte CT 14 19172 150056
Milo CT 14 1087 151143
Trecastagni CT 15 10910 162053
Maletto CT 16 3920 165973
PaternĂ² CT 16 48228 214201
Santa Venerina CT 16 8592 222793
San Pietro Clarenza CT 16 7743 230536
Camporotondo Etneo CT 16 5023 235559
Viagrande CT 17 8563 244122
Sant'Alfio CT 17 1582 245704
Mascalucia CT 17 31958 277662
Tremestieri Etneo CT 18 20589 298251
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 18 3524 301775
Randazzo CT 19 10900 312675
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 19 17984 330659
Gravina di Catania CT 19 25838 356497
San Giovanni la Punta CT 19 23060 379557
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 20 9479 389036

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
21 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
26 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
75 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
75 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
78 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
83 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
90 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
92 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
95 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
96 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 2.1 2018-12-27
01:18:53
37.711 14.958 2 2018-12-27
05:31:56
Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania) 64264491
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2018-12-27 01:18:53 ± 0
Latitude 37.7110
Longitude 14.9580
Depth (km) 2 ± 0 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 200 -> SURVEY-INGV-CT
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 64264491

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:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 64264491
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-12-27 05:31:56
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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