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Moderate mag. 4.1 earthquake - 9 km southwest of Linguaglossa, Catania, Sicily, Italy, on Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at 23:50 GMT

Moderate magnitude 4.1 earthquake at 2 km depth

9 Jan 00:16 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 25 minutes.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Jan 8, 2019 23:50:34 UTC
Local time at epicenter
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.1
Depth	2.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	37.8°N / 15.05°E (Catania, Sicily, Italy)
Antipode	37.8°S / 164.95°W
Shaking intensity	Moderate shaking
Felt	4 reports
Primary data source	EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
Nearest volcano	Etna (7 km / 4 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	7 km (5 mi) S of Solicchiata (Sicily) (pop: 569) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 14 km (9 mi) NW of Giarre (Provincia di Catania) (pop: 24,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 24 km (15 mi) NNW of Acireale (Sicilia) (pop: 49,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 24 km (15 mi) NE of Adrano (Provincia di Catania, Sicilia) (pop: 34,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 25 km (16 mi) N of Mascalucia (Catania, Sicilia) (pop: 29,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 29 km (18 mi) NNE of Paternò (Sicily) (pop: 46,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 32 km (20 mi) N of Misterbianco (Sicily) (pop: 45,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 34 km (21 mi) N of Catania (Sicilia) (pop: 290,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 155 km (96 mi) ESE of Palerm (Sicily) (pop: 648,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 504 km (313 mi) SSE of Rome (Latium) (pop: 2,318,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	8.9 x 10¹⁰ joules (24.8 megawatt hours, equivalent to 21.3 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.1	2 km	SICILY, ITALY	EMSC
4.1	2.2 km	10 km NW Milo (CT)	INGV

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Castrocucco, Italy (CUC/MN network) | Distance from quake: 253 km / 157 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Castrocucco, Italy: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.2-10.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

User reports for this quake (7)

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Lancashire, uk / Very weak shaking (MMI II)

Roma parco de Medici 486 km dall "epicentro / not felt

San Giovanni la punta (25.9 km S of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) : Was woken by what sounded and felt like a boom that rattled the house.

catania / not felt

Linguaglossa (catania) (8.5 km NE of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) : Stavo dormendo quando ho sentito il letto tremare,svegliandomi. La scossa è stata breve ma intensa, non ci sono danni strutturali o altro (reported through our app)

Linguaglossa, Catania, Sicily (9.2 km ENE of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) (reported through our app)

Mascalucia (Italy, 26 km S of epicenter) : Durato meno di un secondo (reported through EMSC)

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