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2018-12-26 Mw 5 SICILY, ITALY

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Magnitude	Mw 5.0
Region	SICILY, ITALY
Date time	2018-12-26 02:19:16.7 UTC
Location	37.53 N ; 15.20 E
Depth	10 km
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Witness location : Acitrezza (Italy) (5 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 28 min

woke us up and went on for a bit.  The lamp on the roof was swaying a lot.

Witness location : Aci Trezza (Italy) (5 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 21 min

Was thedecent one.

Witness location : Aci Castello (Italy) (6 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 26 min

the bed was slightly shaking and then the glasses and stuff in the room were all shaking and it felt like we were on a boat going over some massive waves

Witness location : Aci Catena (Italy) (8 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1439 min

Strong earthquake. Quite long around 6-7 seconds. Everything was shaking really strong. We left our place until 6am.. still shaking of scare

Witness location : San Gregorio di Catania (Italy) (9 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

Si è sentita molto forte

Witness location : Aci Catena (Italy) (9 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 37 min

Beeing here for Christmas, never Felt a Earthquake before, it was very scarry and Strong. Many Car Alarms went off, Things in the house felt down, Everything was shaking

Witness location : San Giovanni la Punta (Italy) (10 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 13 min

Distintamente sentito mentre che ero a letto. Infisso scricchiolava e il letto si muoveva.

Witness location : Catania (Italy) (10 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 17 min

Sentito abbastanza forte, per una casa singola al primo piano...

Witness location : San Giovanni la Punta (Italy) (11 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 18 min

 It was strong!!! I am still afraid..

Witness location : Catania (Italy) (11 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 29 min

Svegliati in piena notte.i

Witness location : Aci Bonaccorsi (Italy) (11 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Some things fell down, everybody ran out. This was so scary.

Witness location : Catania (Italy) (12 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

I feel it but not so hard and the earthquake had a couple of seconds

Witness location : Catania (Italy) (12 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 45 min

Non è caduto niente, la plafoniera dondolava molto forte per essere al primo piano.

Witness location : Catania (Italy) (12 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

Tremava tutto , sono caduti anche gli oggetti

Witness location : Catania (Italy) (12 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 478 min

Woke during the night. Doors slammed, bed shook. Windows rattled.

Witness location : Catania (Italy) (12 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 24 min

Mi ha svegliato

Witness location : Catania (Italy) (12 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 24 min

Molto forte. Avvertito indistintamente. Movimento ondulatorio

Witness location : Catania (Italy) (12 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 34 min

Catania center, earthquake was felt. Ceiling lamps shaking. Ground floor. Dome square

Witness location : Gravina di Catania (Italy) (12 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 27 min

Di sto passu, semu pessi

Witness location : Gravina di Catania (Italy) (12 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

Ci ha svegliati al secondo piano. Caduto qualche quadro.

Witness location : Viagrande (Italy) (13 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 556 min

Sono caduti quadri ed oggetti!!!

Witness location : Gravina di Catania (Italy) (13 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

Strong noise, bed moving, lamp moving. This was really strong

Witness location : Catania (Italy) (14 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 21 min

we were sleeping. the earthquake woke us up. Everything was crunching

Witness location : Mascalucia (Italy) (14 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 22 min

Forte scossa. Mancata energia elettrica in zona per qualche minuto

Witness location : Mascalucia (Italy) (14 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

Forte

Witness location : Pedara (Italy) (16 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 28 min

At 03:18 am, This one was bad and shook very strong.

Witness location : Pedara (Italy) (16 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 13 min

sentito abbastanza forte

Witness location : Motta Sant'Anastasia (Italy) (18 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 422 min

Sembrava che stavo dentro una giostraLa scossa è stata molto forte tra 4.9 a 5.1Motta sant'Anastasia piano tavola misterbiancoBelpasso e altri paesi

Witness location : Giarre (Italy) (21 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Ho sentito il terremoto più forte di ieri, ci siamo tenuti pronti a scappare.

Witness location : Paternò (Italy) (26 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

A Paternò si è percepita molto forte. Tremiamo di paura.

Witness location : Lentini (Italy) (33 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 43 min

Was laying on my bed on wheels in the third floor and it started moving back and forth for about 15 seonds

Witness location : Enna (Italy) (80 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5602 min

It was really hard

Witness location : Valletta (Malta) (192 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 438 min

The bed was shaking and it was felt here in Malta