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Moderate mag. 5.6 earthquake - 64 km northwest of Naples, Neapel, Campania, Italy, on Wednesday, December 27, 1978 at 17:46 GMT

Moderate magnitude 5.6 earthquake at 390 km depth

Earthquake details

Date & time	Dec 27, 1978 17:46:10 UTC
Local time at epicenter
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	5.6
Depth	390.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	41.108°N / 13.582°E (Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy)
Antipode	41.108°S / 166.418°W
Shaking intensity	Weak shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	Gaeta Bay Volcanic Field (16 km / 10 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	12 km (7 mi) S of Gaeta (pop: 19,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 17 km (10 mi) S of Formia (pop: 28,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 22 km (14 mi) SW of Minturno (pop: 16,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 26 km (16 mi) W of Mundragone (pop: 26,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 31 km (19 mi) SSE of Fondi (Provincia di Latina) (pop: 26,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 31 km (20 mi) WNW of Castel Volturno (pop: 21,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 35 km (22 mi) SE of Terracina (pop: 31,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 56 km (35 mi) WNW of Giugliano in Campania (pop: 80,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 64 km (40 mi) WNW of Naples (pop: 959,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 125 km (78 mi) SE of Rome (pop: 2,318,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	1.6 x 10¹³ joules (4.4 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 3788 tons of TNT or 0.2 atomic bombs!) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
5.6	390 km	southern Italy	USGS

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