Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 30-12-2018 and time 10:08:29 (Italy) in region 11 km N Ragalna (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: 11 km N Ragalna (CT), on

  • 30-12-2018 09:08:29 (UTC)
  • 30-12-2018 10:08:29 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7310, 14.9510 at 0 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 11 3924 3924
Bronte CT 12 19172 23096
Biancavilla CT 12 24007 47103
Adrano CT 13 36122 83225
Maletto CT 13 3920 87145
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 14 7641 94786
Zafferana Etnea CT 14 9517 104303
Nicolosi CT 15 7463 111766
Milo CT 15 1087 112853
Belpasso CT 16 28108 140961
Pedara CT 16 14102 155063
Randazzo CT 17 10900 165963
Trecastagni CT 17 10910 176873
Sant'Alfio CT 17 1582 178455
Santa Venerina CT 17 8592 187047
PaternĂ² CT 18 48228 235275
Viagrande CT 19 8563 243838
San Pietro Clarenza CT 19 7743 251581
Camporotondo Etneo CT 19 5023 256604
Maniace CT 19 3765 260369
Mascalucia CT 20 31958 292327

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
23 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
28 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
74 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
74 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
80 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
83 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
92 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
94 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
96 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
98 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 1.2 2018-12-30
09:08:29
37.731 14.951 0 2018-12-30
11:11:21
Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania) 64360381
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2018-12-30 09:08:29 ± 0
Latitude 37.7310
Longitude 14.9510
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 64360381

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:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 64360381
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-12-30 11:11:21
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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