Light mag. 3.1 earthquake - 4.2 km south of Fiastra, Provincia di Macerata, The Marches, Italy, on Thursday, 27 October 2016 at 03:12 (GMT)
This quake was likely an aftershock of the 6.1 quake 5.1 km north of Pieve, Provincia di Macerata, The Marches, Italy, 26 October 2016 19:18 GMT, which had occurred 8 hours earlier.
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Light magnitude 3.1 earthquake at 10 km depth
27 Oct 03:29 UTC: First to report: INGV after 16 minutes.
Date & time: 27 Oct 2016 03:12:40 UTC
Magnitude: 3.1
Depth: 9.9 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 42.9992°N / 13.1467°E
(Provincia di Macerata, The Marches, Italy)Nearest volcano: Vulsini (109 km / 68 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
3 km (2 mi) E of Cupi (pop: 42) --> See nearby quakes!
26 km (16 mi) SSW of Tolentino (Provincia di Macerata) (pop: 16,500) --> See nearby quakes!
31 km (19 mi) SSE of Matelica (Provincia di Macerata) (pop: 8,890) --> See nearby quakes!
36 km (23 mi) E of Foligno (Umbria) (pop: 47,700) --> See nearby quakes!
38 km (24 mi) WNW of Ascoli Piceno (pop: 41,700) --> See nearby quakes!
41 km (26 mi) SW of Macerata (pop: 30,800) --> See nearby quakes!
43 km (27 mi) SSE of Fabriano (Provincia di Ancona) (pop: 23,200) --> See nearby quakes!
44 km (27 mi) NE of Spoleto (Provincia di Perugia, Umbria) (pop: 19,300) --> See nearby quakes!
72 km (45 mi) SSW of Ancona (pop: 90,000) --> See nearby quakes!
134 km (83 mi) NNE of Rome (Latium) (pop: 2,318,900) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: INGV (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia)
Estimated released energy: 2.8 x 109 joules (783 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.674 tons of TNT) More info
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
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| Magnitude | Depth | Location | Source |
| M 3.1 | 9.9 km | Macerata | INGV |
| M 3.1 | 10 km | CENTRAL ITALY | EMSC |
User reports for this quake (1)
User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
