Light mag. 3.0 earthquake - 0.3 km south of Tonnarella, Sicily, Italy, on Sunday, 20 September 2020 at 15:15 (GMT) -
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Light magnitude 3.0 earthquake at 7 km depth
20 Sep 15:26 UTC: First to report: INGV after 11 minutes.
Date & time: 20 Sep 2020 15:15:17 UTC -
Magnitude: 3
Depth: 6.5 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 38.123°N / 15.1127°E
(Province of Messina, Sizilien, Italy)Nearest volcano: Vulcano (34 km / 21 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
0 km (0 mi) SSW of Tonnarella (pop: 1,190) --> See nearby quakes!
9 km (6 mi) WSW of Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (Provincia di Messina) (pop: 34,600) --> See nearby quakes!
13 km (8 mi) E of Patti (Province of Messina) (pop: 9,320) --> See nearby quakes!
16 km (10 mi) SW of Milazzo (Province of Messina) (pop: 31,800) --> See nearby quakes!
31 km (19 mi) NNE of Randazzo (Provincia di Catania) (pop: 9,950) --> See nearby quakes!
33 km (21 mi) E of Capo d'Orlando (Province of Messina) (pop: 12,000) --> See nearby quakes!
39 km (24 mi) WSW of Messina (pop: 219,900) --> See nearby quakes!
45 km (28 mi) NNE of Bronte (Provincia di Catania) (pop: 18,400) --> See nearby quakes!
155 km (97 mi) E of Palermo (pop: 648,300) --> See nearby quakes!
474 km (295 mi) SSE of Rome (Latium) (pop: 2,318,900) --> See nearby quakes!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Broken Clouds
26.9°C (80 F), humidity: 62%, wind: 1 km/h (1 kts) from NNW
Primary data source: INGV (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia)Broken Clouds
26.9°C (80 F), humidity: 62%, wind: 1 km/h (1 kts) from NNWEstimated released energy: 2 x 109 joules (554 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.477 tons of TNT) More info
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| Magnitude | Depth | Location | Source |
| M 3.0 | 6.5 km | 2 Km NW Furnari (ME), Italy | INGV |
| M 3.0 | 6 km | 40 Km WSW of Messina, Italy | EMSC |
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Marchesana / Light shaking (MMI IV) / rattling, vibrating / 1-2 s : It woke me and my wife, it felt like someone was rattling the doors and windows.
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