Reported by EMSC9h ago
M3.2 earthquake in Northern Italy
Sunday, September 27, 2026, 10:03:23 UTC · 44.050°N, 12.605°E
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck in Northern Italy on Sunday, September 27, 2026, 10:03:23 UTC, at a depth of 8.2 km (shallow).
- Magnitude
- 3.2
- Minor · ml
- Depth
- 8 km
- Shallow
- Reported by
- EMSC
- Agency EMSC
- Nearest tracker
- 106 km
- from Perugia
Outlined circle: this earthquake
In context
How big was it, and why here?
Energy released
951 kg of TNT
That is about 1/15,825 of the Hiroshima bomb. A magnitude 5.0 releases about 501 times more energy.
Tectonic setting
560 km
from the nearest mapped plate boundary, between the Eurasian and African plates. Earthquakes this far from a boundary happen on faults inside a plate, often less frequently but sometimes strongly.
Depth: shallow
8 km
Shallow earthquakes (under 70 km) produce the strongest surface shaking for their size, so they are the ones most likely to cause damage near the epicenter.
After the main event
Aftershocks within 50 km
USGS and EMSC have not published any M2.5+ earthquake within 50 km since this event.
Regional history
Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km
USGS lists 175 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
- 6.74 km WNW of San Benedetto dei Marsi, ItalyJanuary 13, 1915 · 239 km S of this epicenter
- 6.65 km ESE of Preci, ItalyOctober 30, 2016 · 138 km S of this epicenter
- 6.53 km SW of Prato, ItalyMay 6, 1976 · 262 km N of this epicenter
- 6.32 km SW of Molazzana, ItalySeptember 7, 1920 · 177 km W of this epicenter
- 6.33 km SE of Sassa, ItalyApril 6, 2009 · 200 km S of this epicenter
- 6.21 km NNW of Vicchio, ItalyJune 29, 1919 · 93 km W of this epicenter
- 6.25 km WNW of Accumoli, ItalyAugust 24, 2016 · 155 km S of this epicenter
- 6.11 km WNW of Lestans, ItalyJune 17, 1976 · 236 km N of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 144 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 84,274 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1703
Central Apennino, Norcia, L'Aquila, Perugia
14 Jan 1703 · 147 km away · intensity XI
40,000 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)
- 1915M7.5
Marsica, Avezzano, Abruzzi
13 Jan 1915 · 239 km away · intensity XI
29,978 deaths$60 million damage
- 1703M6.7
L'Aquila (Aquila)
2 Feb 1703 · 183 km away · intensity XI
10,000 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)tsunami
- 1920M5.8
Carrara,Garfagnana
7 Sep 1920 · 186 km away · intensity X
1,400 deaths
- 1976M6.5
Ne, Balkans Nw: Slovenia: Nw
6 May 1976 · 262 km away · intensity X
978 deaths$3.6 billion damage
- 1789
Citta Di Castello,Sansepolcro
30 Sep 1789 · 69 km away · intensity X
500 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.