Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.1 on date 04-01-2019 and time 05:22:57 (UTC) in region 5 km N Ragalna (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.1 earthquake occured in region: 5 km N Ragalna (CT), on

  • 04-01-2019 05:22:57 (UTC)
  • 04-01-2019 06:22:57 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6800, 14.9340 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 5 3924 3924
Biancavilla CT 7 24007 27931
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 8 7641 35572
Adrano CT 9 36122 71694
Belpasso CT 11 28108 99802
Nicolosi CT 11 7463 107265
PaternĂ² CT 12 48228 155493
Pedara CT 13 14102 169595
Camporotondo Etneo CT 14 5023 174618
San Pietro Clarenza CT 14 7743 182361
Trecastagni CT 15 10910 193271
Bronte CT 15 19172 212443
Zafferana Etnea CT 15 9517 221960
Mascalucia CT 16 31958 253918
Viagrande CT 16 8563 262481
Milo CT 17 1087 263568
Tremestieri Etneo CT 17 20589 284157
Gravina di Catania CT 17 25838 309995
Maletto CT 18 3920 313915
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 18 3524 317439
San Giovanni la Punta CT 18 23060 340499
Santa Venerina CT 18 8592 349091
Centuripe EN 18 5470 354561
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 19 9479 364040
Misterbianco CT 19 49410 413450
Motta Sant'Anastasia CT 19 12116 425566
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 19 17984 443550
Sant'Alfio CT 20 1582 445132
San Gregorio di Catania CT 20 11966 457098

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
22 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
24 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
76 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
79 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
79 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
80 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
86 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
88 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
91 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
92 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 1.1 2019-01-04
05:22:57
37.68 14.934 0 2019-01-04
10:27:48
Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania) 64498621
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-01-04 05:22:57 ± 0
Latitude 37.6800
Longitude 14.9340
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 64498621

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:1.1

Field Value
Value 1.1
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 64498621
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-01-04 10:27:48
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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