Moderate mag. 4.0 earthquake - Adriatic Sea, 90 km north of Manfredonia, Provincia di Foggia, Apulia, Italy, on Sunday, 28 Mar 2021 9:15 pm (GMT +1) -

Moderate mag. 4.0 earthquake - Adriatic Sea, 90 km north of Manfredonia, Provincia di Foggia, Apulia, Italy, on Sunday, 28 Mar 2021 9:15 pm (GMT +1)

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.
Date & time: 28 Mar 2021 20:15:53 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: Sunday, 28 Mar 2021 9:15 pm (GMT +1)
Magnitude: 4
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 42.44°N / 15.94°E (Adriatic Sea, Italy)
Nearest volcano: Vesuvius (215 km / 134 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
56 km (35 mi) N of San Menaio (pop: 248) --> See nearby quakes!
65 km (40 mi) NNW of Vieste (Provincia di Foggia) (pop: 11,200) --> See nearby quakes!
74 km (46 mi) NNE of Sannicandro Garganico (Provincia di Foggia) (pop: 15,800) --> See nearby quakes!
83 km (52 mi) NNE of San Giovanni Rotondo (pop: 26,200) --> See nearby quakes!
90 km (56 mi) N of Manfredonia (pop: 52,900) --> See nearby quakes!
92 km (57 mi) ENE of Termoli (pop: 31,000) --> See nearby quakes!
96 km (59 mi) NNE of San Severo (pop: 54,900) --> See nearby quakes!
99 km (62 mi) NNE of Torremaggiore (Provincia di Foggia) (pop: 17,000) --> See nearby quakes!
114 km (71 mi) NNE of Foggia (pop: 137,000) --> See nearby quakes!
289 km (180 mi) ENE of Rome (pop: 2,318,900) --> See nearby quakes!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Scattered Clouds 11.7°C (53 F), humidity: 86%, wind: 3 m/s (5 kts) from NNW
Primary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Estimated released energy: 6.3 x 1010 joules (17.5 megawatt hours, equivalent to 15.1 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
MagnitudeDepthLocationSource
4.010 kmAdriatic Sea, ItalyGFZ
3.72 kmADRIATIC SEA, CroatiaEMSC
3.71.3 kmAdriatico Centrale (MARE), CroatiaINGV
4.010 kmRodi Garganico / Adria, ItalyZAMG

User reports for this quake (1)

User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
Salerno (218.8 km SSW of epicenter) [Map] / not felt (reported through our app)
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