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M1.5 earthquake 18 km ESE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 18 km ESE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy at 13:47 local time (12:47 UTC) on 29 Oct 2026, at a depth of 11 km, according to INGV. The solution is preliminary and may be revised.

Data: INGV · updated 2026-10-29 12:47 UTC · automatic solution

Magnitude
1.5micro
local magnitude (Richter) (ML)
Depth
11 km
Status
Automatic
Origin time
2026-10-29 12:47:56 UTC
Local: 29 Oct 2026, 13:47:56 (Europe/Rome)
Epicentre
41.963° N, 14.107° E

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Nearby places

Distance and estimated shaking at nearby places
PlaceDistanceEst. shaking
SulmonaAbruzzo, Italy · pop. 21,08618 kmINot felt
Castel di SangroAbruzzo, Italy · pop. 5,89120 kmINot felt
LancianoAbruzzo, Italy · pop. 34,79138 kmINot felt
ChietiAbruzzo, Italy · pop. 44,44443 kmINot felt
SoraLazio, Italy · pop. 23,75849 kmINot felt
NaplesCampania, Italy · pop. 909,048124 kmINot felt
RomeLazio, Italy · pop. 2,318,895132 kmINot felt
BariApulia, Italy · pop. 316,491248 kmINot felt

Shaking is an estimate from the intensity prediction equation of Allen, Wald & Worden (2012), not an observation. Local ground and buildings can change it by a level or more.

Every agency's solution

Agencies locate earthquakes with their own stations and methods, so their numbers differ. We match reports of the same event by time, distance and magnitude and show them side by side. The headline uses INGV.

AgencyMagnitudeDepthEpicentreTime offsetStatus
INGVheadlineINGV via Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia1.5 ML11 km41.96° N, 14.11° E–Automatic

How big was it?

Usually not felt. Recorded by nearby seismometers; thousands occur worldwide every day.

It released roughly the energy of 3 kg of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step means about 32 times more energy and 10 times larger waves on a seismogram. Depth matters too: at 11 km this was a shallow earthquake, which is felt more strongly at the surface than a deeper one of the same size.

M1.5 releases about 5.6× the energy of M1.0, and its waves are about 3.2× taller on a seismogram. Energy: 3 kg of TNT vs 477 g of TNT.

Each square is the energy of one M1.0. Energy from log₁₀E = 1.5M + 4.8.

Aftershocks and nearby activity

27 later earthquakes within 30 km; the largest was M2.4 13 days ago. 26 in the 7 days before. Aftershock rates usually fall off roughly in proportion to 1/time.

Aftershocks

Mainshock M1.5

27 later earthquakes nearby. Aftershock rates typically fall off roughly as 1/time (Omori's law).

Aftershocks
Time after mainshock (hours)MagnitudeDepth (km)
1.442.211
2.012.211
16.321.717
29.501.512
29.501.512
29.582.211
30.052.412
30.121.815
30.731.813
50.861.811
51.892.118
57.132.015
68.891.712
126.721.815
126.721.815
135.151.910
135.151.910
135.261.818
135.261.818
135.352.316
135.352.316
141.902.214
161.401.516
161.401.516
240.652.216
240.691.511
327.801.814
  1. 2.416 km ESE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy10-30 18:50
  2. 2.315 km ESE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy11-04 04:08
  3. 2.315 km ESE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy11-04 04:08
  4. 2.216 km ESE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy10-29 14:14
  5. 2.217 km SE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy10-29 14:48
  6. 2.218 km ESE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy10-30 18:22
  7. 2.217 km ESE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy11-04 10:41
  8. 2.217 km ESE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy11-08 13:26
  9. 2.117 km ESE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy10-31 16:41
  10. 2.017 km ESE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy10-31 21:55
  11. 1.916 km SE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy11-04 03:57
  12. 1.916 km SE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy11-04 03:57
  13. 1.816 km ESE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy10-30 18:55
  14. 1.817 km ESE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy10-30 19:32
  15. 1.817 km ESE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy10-31 15:39
  16. 1.817 km ESE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy11-03 19:31
  17. 1.817 km ESE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy11-03 19:31
  18. 1.816 km ESE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy11-04 04:03
  19. 1.816 km ESE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy11-04 04:03
  20. 1.817 km SE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy11-12 04:35
  21. 1.717 km ESE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy10-30 05:06
  22. 1.717 km ESE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy11-01 09:41
  23. 1.517 km ESE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy10-30 18:17
  24. 1.517 km ESE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy10-30 18:17
  25. 1.517 km ESE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy11-05 06:11

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Event id ingv46967561. First recorded here 29 Oct 2026, 12:59:39 UTC. Solutions: INGV (ingv:46967561). Cite as: SeismoAtlas, “M1.5 earthquake 18 km ESE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy”, https://seismoatlas.com/earthquake/ingv46967561-m1-5-earthquake-18-km-ese-of-sulmona-abruzzo-italy, data from INGV.

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