Quake Info: Moderate Mag. 4.6 Earthquake - Tyrrhenian Sea, 36 km Northwest of Milazzo, Province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on Sunday, Dec 4, 2022 at 8:12 am (GMT +1)

Moderate mag. 4.6 earthquake - Tyrrhenian Sea, 36 km northwest of Milazzo, Province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on Sunday, Dec 4, 2022 at 8:12 am (GMT +1)

Moderate magnitude 4.6 earthquake at 3 km depth

4 Dec 07:17 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 5 minutes.
4 Dec 07:19: Epicenter location corrected by 5.6 km (3.5 mi) towards N.
4 Dec 07:49: Now using data updates from INGV

Earthquake details

Date & time	Dec 4, 2022 07:12:45 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Sunday, Dec 4, 2022 at 8:12 am (GMT +1)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.6
Depth	3.1 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	38.354°N / 14.859°E (Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy)
Antipode	38.354°S / 165.141°W
Shaking intensity	Weak shaking
Felt	12 reports
Primary data source	INGV (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia)
Nearest volcano	Vulcano (11 km / 7 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	11 km (7 mi) WSW of Vulcano Piano (pop: 396) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 36 km (23 mi) WNW of Milazzo (Province of Messina) (pop: 31,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 39 km (24 mi) NW of Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (Provincia di Messina) (pop: 34,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 63 km (39 mi) WNW of Messine (pop: 219,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 75 km (47 mi) WNW of Reggio Calabria (pop: 169,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 87 km (54 mi) NNW of Acireale (pop: 49,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 98 km (61 mi) N of Catania (pop: 290,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 441 km (274 mi) SSE of Rome (pop: 2,318,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 11 km (7 mi) WSW of Vulcano Island (pop: 715) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 16 km (10 mi) SSW of Lipari Island (pop: 12,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 115 km (71 mi) NE of Sicily Island (pop: 5,017,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Clear Sky 15.3°C (60 F), humidity: 56%, wind: 0 m/s (1 kts) from S
Estimated seismic energy released	5 x 10¹¹ joules (139 megawatt hours, equivalent to 120 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.6	3.1 km	Italy: Isole Eolie (Messina)	INGV
4.4	10 km	SICILY, ITALY	EMSC
4.4	10.3 km	Sicily, Italy	RaspberryShake
4.4	10 km	Sicily, Italy	GFZ
4.4	10.3 km	11 Km S of Lipari, Italy	USGS
4.4	10 km	Sicily, Italy	IRIS
4.6	3 km	Italy: Gioiosa Marea / Sizilien	ZAMG

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Seismic station: Castrocucco, Italy (CUC/MN network) | Distance from quake: 200 km / 124 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Castrocucco, Italy: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

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Cefalù Zona santa Lucia (83 km WSW of epicenter) [Map] / not felt (reported through our app)

Canneto, Lipari (17.9 km NNE of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / 2-5 s

Acquedolci (48.3 km SW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / 2-5 s

capo d orlando sicily (23.8 km SSW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV)

Airone (20.9 km S of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III)

Guidomandri Marina, Province of Messina, Sicily (69.3 km SE of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 1-2 s : Stavo seduta al tavolo e o sentito una oscillazione laterale per cca 2 /3secondi

Acquedolci, Province of Messina, Sicily (40.7 km SW of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 2-5 s

Messina / Weak shaking (MMI III) / rattling, vibrating / 5-10 s : I felt the vibration, but it lasted longer than last earthquake that I felt here

Nicosia / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 2-5 s : Very weak shaking

Capo D'Orlando / Weak shaking (MMI III) / rattling, vibrating / 1-2 s

Catania / not felt (reported through our app)

Nicosia / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 2-5 s : Very weak shaking

Lipari / Weak shaking (MMI III) / complex motion difficult to describe / 5-10 s (reported through our app)

Cefalù / Weak shaking (MMI III) / rattling, vibrating / 2-5 s

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Moderate magnitude 4.6 earthquake at 3 km depth

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