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Weak mag. 3.0 earthquake - 13 km northeast of Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, on Thursday, Mar 16, 2023 at 6:34 am (GMT +1) -

Weak magnitude 3.0 earthquake at 27 km depth

16 Mar 05:39 UTC: First to report: VolcanoDiscovery after 5 minutes.
16 Mar 06:08: Now using data updates from INGV

Earthquake details

Date & time	Mar 16, 2023 05:34:18 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Thursday, Mar 16, 2023 at 6:34 am (GMT +1)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	3
Depth	26.5 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	44.2187°N / 12.3595°E (Province of Forlì-Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy)
Antipode	44.219°S / 167.641°W
Shaking intensity	Light shaking
Felt	4 reports
Primary data source	INGV (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	2 km (1 mi) ESE of Montaletto-Zona Industriale (pop: 31) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 13 km (8 mi) NE of Cesena (pop: 79,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 24 km (15 mi) NW of Rimini (pop: 118,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 25 km (16 mi) E of Forlì (pop: 93,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 29 km (18 mi) NNW of Serravalle (San Marino) (pop: 9,260) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 32 km (20 mi) NNW of San Marino (San Marino) (pop: 4,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 87 km (54 mi) ESE of Bologna (pop: 366,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 259 km (161 mi) N of Rome (Latium) (pop: 2,318,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Overcast Clouds 7.4°C (45 F), humidity: 70%, wind: 4 m/s (9 kts) from E
Estimated seismic energy released	2 x 10⁹ joules (554 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.477 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
3.0	27 km	Italy: 4 Km NW Cesenatico (FC)	INGV
3.0	27 km	Northern Italy	RaspberryShake
3.0	27 km	NORTHERN ITALY	EMSC
3.0	26 km	Italy: Cervia / Italien	ZAMG

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Gambettola (11.7 km S of epicenter) [Map] / Strong shaking (MMI VI) / single vertical bump / very short : Still in bed. | 2 users found this interesting.

Cesena, Emilia-Romagna (11.2 km SW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / complex motion difficult to describe / 2-5 s

Ferrara / Weak shaking (MMI III)

rimini / Light shaking (MMI IV) / single vertical bump / 1-2 s

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