Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.7 on date 28-12-2018 and time 21:59:11 (UTC) in region 12 km W Milo (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.7 earthquake occured in region: 12 km W Milo (CT), on

  • 28-12-2018 21:59:11 (UTC)
  • 28-12-2018 22:59:11 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7500, 14.9880 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
Milo CT 12 1087 1087
Zafferana Etnea CT 12 9517 10604
Sant'Alfio CT 14 1582 12186
Maletto CT 14 3920 16106
Ragalna CT 14 3924 20030
Bronte CT 14 19172 39202
Randazzo CT 15 10900 50102
Santa Venerina CT 15 8592 58694
Nicolosi CT 15 7463 66157
Biancavilla CT 16 24007 90164
Pedara CT 16 14102 104266
Adrano CT 17 36122 140388
Trecastagni CT 17 10910 151298
Linguaglossa CT 17 5403 156701
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 17 7641 164342
Giarre CT 18 27659 192001
Belpasso CT 18 28108 220109
Moio Alcantara ME 18 717 220826
Piedimonte Etneo CT 18 3963 224789
Viagrande CT 18 8563 233352
Mascali CT 18 14282 247634
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 19 980 248614
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 19 3215 251829
Riposto CT 19 14838 266667
Malvagna ME 20 733 267400
San Pietro Clarenza CT 20 7743 275143
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 20 3524 278667
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 20 17984 296651

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
22 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
29 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
70 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
70 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
81 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
86 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
94 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
97 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
100 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 1.7 2018-12-28
21:59:11
37.75 14.988 0 2018-12-28
23:48:35
Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania) 64315491
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2018-12-28 21:59:11 ± 0
Latitude 37.7500
Longitude 14.9880
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 64315491

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:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 64315491
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-12-28 23:48:35
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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