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Moderate mag. 4.8 earthquake - Ionian Sea, 15 km east of Catania, Sicily, Italy, on Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at 02:19 GMT

Moderate mag. 4.8 earthquake - Ionian Sea, 15 km east of Catania, Sicily, Italy, on Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at 02:19 GMT Moderate mag. 4.8 earthquake - Ionian Sea, 15 km east of Catania, Sicily, Italy, on Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at 02:19 GMT

Moderate magnitude 4.8 earthquake at 10 km depth

26 Dec 02:22 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 3 minutes.

Earthquake details

Date & timeDec 26, 2018 02:19:17 UTC
Local time at epicenter
StatusConfirmed
Magnitude4.8
Depth10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude37.51°N / 15.24°E (Ionian Sea, Italy)
Antipode37.51°S / 164.76°W
Shaking intensityModerate shaking
Felt135 reports
Primary data sourceGFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Nearest volcanoEtna (35 km / 22 mi)
Nearby towns and cities9 km (6 mi) SE of Aci Trezza (pop: 5,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
10 km (6 mi) ESE of Aci Castello (pop: 17,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
13 km (8 mi) SSE of Acireale (pop: 49,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
15 km (9 mi) ESE of San Giovanni la Punta (pop: 22,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
15 km (9 mi) E of Catania (pop: 290,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
17 km (10 mi) ESE of Gravina di Catania (pop: 26,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
18 km (11 mi) ESE of Mascalucia (Catania) (pop: 29,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
20 km (13 mi) E of Misterbianco (pop: 45,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
30 km (19 mi) E of Paternò (pop: 46,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
540 km (336 mi) SSE of Rome (pop: 2,318,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
102 km (63 mi) SSE of Vulcano Island (pop: 715) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
116 km (72 mi) E of Sicily Island (pop: 5,017,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
Estimated seismic energy released1 x 1012 joules (278 megawatt hours, equivalent to 239 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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Mag.DepthLocationSource
4.810 kmSicily, ItalyGFZ
4.910 km SICILY, ITALYEMSC
4.81.2 km2 km N Viagrande (CT)INGV
5.01 km- 2km ENE of Trecastagni, ItalyUSGS
5.110 kmItalijaSSS

User reports for this quake (169)

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Sant'Agata li Battiati (13.9 km WNW of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) : I have a 50 years experience of earthquakes: not scared but this was the more strong volcanic quake I never felt. | One user found this interesting.  
Lentini, Syracuse, Sicily (31.6 km SW of epicenter) [Map] / Strong shaking (MMI VI) (reported through our app)
Catania (12.8 km W of epicenter) [Map] / Strong shaking (MMI VI) (reported through our app)
Acireale (14.6 km NNW of epicenter) [Map] / Very strong shaking (MMI VII)
San Genesio, South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige (1054.4 km NNW of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II)
Catania, Sicily (17.7 km W of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) (reported through our app)
Valverde, Catania, Sicily (12.6 km NW of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) (reported through our app)
Motta Sant'Anastasia, Catania, Sicily (30 km WSW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV)
Valverde, Catania, Sicily (12.6 km NW of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) (reported through our app)
Acireale, Catania, Sicily (12.5 km NNW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) (reported through our app)
Carruba, Catania, Sicily (19.9 km NNW of epicenter) [Map] / Violent shaking (MMI IX) (reported through our app)
Catania / Moderate shaking (MMI V) : Moderate shaking at the 8th floor in the center of Catania. Very scarring!!!  
Trecastagni, Sicily (19.5 km NW of epicenter) [Map] / Severe shaking (MMI VIII) (reported through our app)
Sigonella, Italy / Light shaking (MMI IV)
Catania (14.8 km W of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) (reported through our app)
Linguaglossa / Light shaking (MMI IV) : We all wake up at 3:20 CET  
San Pietro Clarenza, Catania, Sicily (19.5 km WNW of epicenter) [Map] / Strong shaking (MMI VI) (reported through our app)
Paterno / Light shaking (MMI IV)
Aci Catena / Moderate shaking (MMI V) : Woke us from our sleep. The bed was shaking. When over we checked inside the rest of the house. No damage. Looked quickly outside didn't see damage.  
Mondello (171.6 km WNW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) : Lying in bed watching a movie and felt the whole bed shake for a good 5 seconds around 3:20 am  
Acireale / Moderate shaking (MMI V) : Ça a bien bougé, c'était impressionnant.  
Montargano (30.8 km NNW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) (reported through our app)
Nicilosi / Very strong shaking (MMI VII)
Acireale, Catania, Sicily (13.5 km NNW of epicenter) [Map] / Strong shaking (MMI VI) (reported through our app)
Enna / not felt
Pedara / Moderate shaking (MMI V) : We sure felt it everything was shanking, didn’t last long but a scary experience! Much heather then on Christmas Eva  
Catania, Sicily / Moderate shaking (MMI V) : The bed was shaking quite severely so I woke up. No paintings fell off from the wall and nothing in particular fell.  
Belpasso / Light shaking (MMI IV) : Bed and house were shaking  
Catania / Moderate shaking (MMI V) : Catania. Strong But schort  
Mascalucia (20.4 km WNW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV)
Zafferana, Sicily / Strong shaking (MMI VI) : Strong shaking Glass lamps broke Stones from the building came off  
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