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Moderate mag. 4.0 earthquake - Adriatic Sea, 90 km north of Manfredonia, Provincia di Foggia, Apulia, Italy, on Sunday, Mar 28, 2021 at 9:15 pm (GMT +1) -
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Moderate magnitude 4.0 earthquake at 10 km depth
28 Mar 20:18 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 3 minutes.
28 Mar 20:23: Magnitude recalculated from 4.1 to 4.0. Epicenter location corrected by 3.5 km (2.2 mi) towards WNW.
29 Mar 13:14: Epicenter location corrected by 4.7 km (2.9 mi) towards NE.
28 Mar 20:23: Magnitude recalculated from 4.1 to 4.0. Epicenter location corrected by 3.5 km (2.2 mi) towards WNW.
29 Mar 13:14: Epicenter location corrected by 4.7 km (2.9 mi) towards NE.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Mar 28, 2021 20:15:53 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Sunday, Mar 28, 2021 at 9:15 pm (GMT +1) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 4 |
| Depth | 10.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 42.44°N / 15.94°E  (Adriatic Sea, Italy) |
| Antipode | 42.44°S / 164.06°W |
| Shaking intensity | Light shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences) |
| Nearest volcano | Vesuvius (215 km / 134 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 50 km (31 mi) NE of San Nicola di Tremiti (pop: 131) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 65 km (40 mi) NNW of Vieste (Provincia di Foggia) (pop: 11,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 74 km (46 mi) NNE of Sannicandro Garganico (Provincia di Foggia) (pop: 15,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 83 km (52 mi) NNE of San Giovanni Rotondo (pop: 26,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 90 km (56 mi) N of Manfredonia (pop: 52,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 92 km (57 mi) ENE of Termoli (pop: 31,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 96 km (59 mi) NNE of San Severo (pop: 54,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 99 km (62 mi) NNE of Torremaggiore (Provincia di Foggia) (pop: 17,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 114 km (71 mi) NNE of Foggia (pop: 137,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 289 km (180 mi) ENE of Rome (pop: 2,318,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 109 km (67 mi) SSW of Solta Island (pop: 1,480) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Scattered Clouds  11.7°C (53 F), humidity: 86%, wind: 3 m/s (5 kts) from NNW |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 6.3 x 1010 joules (17.5 megawatt hours, equivalent to 15.1 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 4.0 | 10 km | Adriatic Sea, Italy | GFZ |
| 3.7 | 2 km | ADRIATIC SEA, Croatia | EMSC |
| 3.7 | 1.3 km | Adriatico Centrale (MARE), Croatia | INGV |
| 4.0 | 10 km | Rodi Garganico / Adria, Italy | ZAMG |
User reports for this quake (1)
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