Contact | RSS | EN | DE | EL | ES | FR | IT | RU

Weak mag. 2.6 earthquake - 7.9 km east of Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, on Sunday, Jan 29, 2023 at 8:37 am (GMT +1) -

Weak magnitude 2.6 earthquake at 17 km depth

29 Jan 08:02 UTC: First to report: INGV after 25 minutes.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Jan 29, 2023 07:37:03 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Sunday, Jan 29, 2023 at 8:37 am (GMT +1)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	2.6
Depth	17.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	44.156°N / 12.3387°E (Province of Forlì-Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy)
Antipode	44.156°S / 167.661°W
Shaking intensity	Very weak shaking
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	INGV (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	1 km (0 mi) SSW of Bagnarola (pop: 1,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 8 km (5 mi) ENE of Cesena (pop: 79,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 24 km (15 mi) NNW of Serravalle (San Marino) (pop: 9,260) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 24 km (15 mi) NNW of Acquaviva (San Marino) (pop: 1,530) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 25 km (16 mi) NNW of Domagnano (San Marino) (pop: 3,160) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 25 km (16 mi) NNW of Borgo Maggiore (San Marino) (pop: 6,420) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 26 km (16 mi) NNW of San Marino (San Marino) (pop: 4,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 88 km (55 mi) ESE of Bologna (pop: 366,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 252 km (157 mi) N of Rome (Latium) (pop: 2,318,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Broken Clouds 2.3°C (36 F), humidity: 87%, wind: 3 m/s (6 kts) from NE
Estimated seismic energy released	5 x 10⁸ joules (139 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.12 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

Show interactive Map

[smaller] [bigger]

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.

Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
2.6	17 km	Italy: 4 Km N Gambettola (FC)	INGV
2.6	8 km	NORTHERN ITALY	EMSC
2.6	17 km	Northern Italy	RaspberryShake
2.6	17 km	Italy: Cesena / Italien	ZAMG

Most recent quakes Top 20 past 24 hrs

Seismograms

Seismic station: L'Aquila, Italy (AQU/MN network) | Distance from quake: 218 km / 136 mi | Show on map | Station Info

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

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.5-10.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

User reports for this quake

At magnitude 2.6, this quake might have been felt very close to the epicenter and under calm conditions.

User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.

There are no user reports for this quake.

Earlier earthquakes in the same area

Click here to search our database for earlier earthquakes in the same area since 1900!

Try our free app!

Android | iOS version

Why is there advertising on this site?

Support us - Help us upgrade our services!

We truly love working to bring you the latest volcano and earthquake data from around the world. Maintaining our website and our free apps does require, however, considerable time and resources.
We need financing to increase hard- and software capacity as well as support our editor team. We're aiming to achieve uninterrupted service wherever an earthquake or volcano eruption unfolds, and your donations can make it happen! Every donation will be highly appreciated. If you find the information useful and would like to support our team in integrating further features, write great content, and in upgrading our soft- and hardware, please make a donation (PayPal or Online credit card payment).

Planned features:

Improved multilanguage support
Tsunami alerts
Faster responsiveness

Thanks to your past donations, these features have been added recently:

Design upgrade
Detailed quake stats
Additional seismic data sources

Download and Upgrade the Volcanoes & Earthquakes app to get one of the fastest seismic and volcano alerts online:
Android | IOS

Thank you!

Sources: VolcanoDiscovery / VolcanoAdventures and other sources as noted.
Use of material: Most text and images on our websites are owned by us. Re-use is generally not permitted without authorization. Contact us for licensing rights.

Volcanoes & Earthquakes