M3.3 earthquake 19 km NNE of Villafranca Tirrena, Sicily, Italy

Name: M3.3 earthquake 19 km NNE of Villafranca Tirrena, Sicily, Italy
Start: 2026-09-29T18:29:03.200Z
End: 2026-09-29T18:29:03.200Z
Location: 19 km NNE of Villafranca Tirrena, Sicily, Italy

A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 19 km NNE of Villafranca Tirrena, Sicily, Italy at 20:29 local time (18:29 UTC) on 29 Sept 2026, at a depth of 78 km, according to INGV. The solution is preliminary and may be revised.

Data: INGV · updated 2026-09-29 18:29 UTC · automatic solution

Magnitude: 3.3minor
local magnitude (Richter) (ML)
Depth: 77.8 km
Status: Automatic
Origin time: 2026-09-29 18:29:03 UTC; Local: 29 Sept 2026, 20:29:03 (Europe/Rome)
Epicentre: 38.388° N, 15.545° E

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Nearby places

Distance and estimated shaking at nearby places
Place	Distance	Est. shaking
Villafranca TirrenaSicily, Italy · pop. 8,124	19 km	INot felt
Villa San GiovanniCalabria, Italy · pop. 13,747	20 km	INot felt
MessinaSicily, Italy · pop. 219,948	22 km	INot felt
Reggio CalabriaCalabria, Italy · pop. 182,455	33 km	INot felt
MilazzoSicily, Italy · pop. 31,771	33 km	INot felt
Barcellona Pozzo di GottoSicily, Italy · pop. 34,598	39 km	INot felt
CataniaSicily, Italy · pop. 311,584	108 km	INot felt
PalermoSicily, Italy · pop. 648,260	193 km	INot 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

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Agency	Magnitude	Depth	Epicentre	Time offset	Status
INGVheadlineINGV via Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia	3.3 ML	77.8 km	38.39° N, 15.54° E	–	Automatic

How big was it?

Often felt by people at rest close to the epicentre, rarely causes damage.

It released roughly the energy of 1.3 t 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 78 km this was a intermediate-depth earthquake, which spreads shaking over a wider area but less intensely.

Compare M3.3 with M2.3

M3.3 releases about 32× the energy of M2.3, and its waves are about 10× taller on a seismogram. Energy: 1.3 t of TNT vs 43 kg of TNT.

Each square is the energy of one M2.3. Energy from log₁₀E = 1.5M + 4.8.

Aftershocks and nearby activity

No later earthquakes have been recorded within 30 km so far. 5 in the 7 days before. Aftershock rates usually fall off roughly in proportion to 1/time.

Did you feel it?

Reports from people help show where shaking was strong. They are anonymous and shown here in aggregate.

Reports on SeismoAtlas

No reports yet.

Event id ingv47424382. First recorded here 29 Sept 2026, 18:48:00 UTC. Solutions: INGV (ingv:47424382). Cite as: SeismoAtlas, “M3.3 earthquake 19 km NNE of Villafranca Tirrena, Sicily, Italy”, https://seismoatlas.com/earthquake/ingv47424382-m3-3-earthquake-19-km-nne-of-villafranca-tirrena-sicily-italy, data from INGV.

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