Light mag. 3.8 earthquake - 2.7 km southwest of Fiastra, Provincia di Macerata, The Marches, Italy, on Thursday, 27 October 2016 at 12:19 (GMT)
This quake was likely a foreshock of the 6.5 quake 2.6 km south of Pieve, Provincia di Macerata, The Marches, Italy, 30 October 2016 06:40 GMT, which followed after 3 days.
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Light magnitude 3.8 earthquake at 10 km depth
27 Oct 12:35 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 16 minutes.
Oct 27 14:48: Magnitude recalculated from 3.5 to 3.8.
Oct 27 14:48: Magnitude recalculated from 3.5 to 3.8.
Date & time: 27 Oct 2016 12:19:00 UTC
Magnitude: 3.8
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 43.02°N / 13.13°E

Nearest volcano: Vulsini (109 km / 68 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
3 km (2 mi) SW of Fiastra (pop: 152) --> See nearby quakes!
25 km (15 mi) SSW of Tolentino (Provincia di Macerata) (pop: 16,500) --> See nearby quakes!
36 km (22 mi) ENE of Foligno (Umbria) (pop: 47,700) --> See nearby quakes!
40 km (25 mi) SSE of Fabriano (Provincia di Ancona) (pop: 23,200) --> See nearby quakes!
41 km (25 mi) SW of Macerata (pop: 30,800) --> See nearby quakes!
41 km (25 mi) WNW of Ascoli Piceno (pop: 41,700) --> See nearby quakes!
45 km (28 mi) NE of Spoleto (Provincia di Perugia, Umbria) (pop: 19,300) --> See nearby quakes!
48 km (30 mi) E of Bastia umbra (Provincia di Perugia, Umbria) (pop: 17,800) --> See nearby quakes!
71 km (44 mi) SSW of Ancona (pop: 90,000) --> See nearby quakes!
135 km (84 mi) NNE of Rome (Latium) (pop: 2,318,900) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
Estimated released energy: 3.2 x 1010 joules (8.78 megawatt hours, equivalent to 7.56 tons of TNT) More info
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Magnitude | Depth | Location | Source |
M 3.8 | 10 km | CENTRAL ITALY | EMSC |
M 3.5 | 9.8 km | Macerata | INGV |
M 4.0 | 10 km | Central Italy | GFZ |
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Roma via del casaletto h15,30 (127.7 km S of epicenter) [Map] / not felt (reported through our app)
Perugia (Italy, 61 km W of epicenter) : Si è sentita un po' (reported through EMSC)
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