M 4.2 earthquake – 5 km SSE of Valle e Castello, Italy
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Local time: Oct 27, 2016 · 02:21 (UTC+2)
LightShallow · 8.2 km
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- Magnitude
- 4.2body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 8.2 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 42.996, 13.11527 km from Tolentino
- Energy released
- 30 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- 2"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- 3.8max. reported (CDI)
- Aftershocks
- 29M2.5+ within 30 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 272USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Oct 26, 2016.
How strong was it?
Light earthquake. It released 30 tons of TNT, 16 times less than a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
29 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 30 km in the 60 days after.
- 4.0 5 km S of Castelsantangelo sul Nera, Italy Oct 27, 2016
- 4.0 3 km NNE of Visso, Italy Oct 27, 2016
- 4.3 4 km SSE of Preci, Italy Oct 27, 2016
- 4.2 5 km N of Norcia, Italy Oct 27, 2016
- 4.4 2 km NNW of Castelsantangelo sul Nera, Italy Oct 28, 2016
- 4.2 2 km N of Norcia, Italy Oct 29, 2016
- 6.6 5 km ESE of Preci, Italy Oct 30, 2016
- 4.2 7 km NW of Accumoli, Italy Oct 30, 2016
- 4.0 5 km NW of Norcia, Italy Oct 30, 2016
- 4.3 2 km ESE of Visso, Italy Oct 30, 2016
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Italy.
- 6.9 2 km N of Cairano, Italy Nov 23, 1980
- 6.7 4 km WNW of San Benedetto dei Marsi, Italy Jan 13, 1915
- 6.6 3 km SSW of Bisaccia Nuova, Italy Jul 23, 1930
- 6.6 5 km ESE of Preci, Italy Oct 30, 2016
- 6.3 2 km SW of Molazzana, Italy Sep 7, 1920
- 6.3 3 km SE of Sassa, Italy Apr 6, 2009
- 6.2 1 km NNW of Vicchio, Italy Jun 29, 1919
- 6.2 5 km WNW of Accumoli, Italy Aug 24, 2016
In the week before
Earthquakes within 30 km in the 7 days before this one: possible foreshocks.