Light mag. 3.8 earthquake - Tyrrhenian Sea, 97 km northeast of Bagheria, Provincia de Palermo, Sicily, Italy, on Saturday, May 14, 2022 at 1:57 pm (GMT +2) -
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Light magnitude 3.8 earthquake at 11 km depth
14 May 12:32 UTC: First to report: RaspberryShake after 35 minutes.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | May 14, 2022 11:57:16 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Saturday, May 14, 2022 at 1:57 pm (GMT +2) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 3.8 |
| Depth | 10.8 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 38.629°N / 14.379°E  (Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy) |
| Antipode | 38.629°S / 165.621°W |
| Shaking intensity | Light shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | RaspberryShake (RaspberryShake) |
| Nearest volcano | Lipari (51 km / 32 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 11 km (7 mi) N of Alicudi Porto (pop: 105) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 62 km (39 mi) NNW of Capo d'Orlando (Province of Messina) (pop: 12,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 66 km (41 mi) NNW of Sant'Agata (Provincia di Messina) (pop: 9,920) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 73 km (45 mi) NNE of Cefalu (Provincia di Palermo) (pop: 11,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 88 km (55 mi) WNW of Milazzo (Province of Messina) (pop: 31,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 90 km (56 mi) NW of Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (Provincia di Messina) (pop: 34,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 93 km (58 mi) NE of Termini Imerese (pop: 23,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 97 km (60 mi) NE of Bagheria (pop: 53,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 106 km (66 mi) ENE of Palerm (pop: 648,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 396 km (246 mi) SSE of Rome (pop: 2,318,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 11 km (7 mi) NNE of Alicudi Island (pop: 120) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 118 km (74 mi) NNE of Sicily Island (pop: 5,017,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Clear Sky  20.3°C (68 F), humidity: 52%, wind: 1 m/s (2 kts) from NW |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 3.2 x 1010 joules (8.78 megawatt hours, equivalent to 7.56 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 3.8 | 10.8 km | Sicily, Italy | RaspberryShake |
| 3.8 | 10.8 km | Italy: Isole Eolie (Messina) | INGV |
| 3.8 | 15 km | SICILY, ITALY | EMSC |
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