M3.1 earthquake 12 km NW of Praia a Mare, Calabria, Italy
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 12 km NW of Praia a Mare, Calabria, Italy at 15:39 local time (13:39 UTC) on 8 Oct 2026, at a depth of 286 km, according to INGV. The solution is preliminary and may be revised.
Data: INGV · updated 2026-10-08 13:39 UTC · automatic solution
- Magnitude
- 3.1minor
local magnitude (Richter) (ML) - Depth
- 286 km
- Status
- Automatic
- Origin time
- 2026-10-08 13:39:40 UTC
- Local: 8 Oct 2026, 15:39:40 (Europe/Rome)
- Epicentre
- 39.959° N, 15.669° E
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Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Est. shaking |
|---|---|---|
| Praia a MareCalabria, Italy · pop. 6,470 | 12 km | INot felt |
| SapriCampania, Italy · pop. 6,716 | 13 km | INot felt |
| CastrovillariCalabria, Italy · pop. 20,334 | 48 km | INot felt |
| PotenzaBasilicate, Italy · pop. 56,433 | 77 km | INot felt |
| QuattromigliaCalabria, Italy · pop. 22,889 | 84 km | INot felt |
| CosenzaCalabria, Italy · pop. 63,852 | 89 km | INot felt |
| NaplesCampania, Italy · pop. 909,048 | 154 km | INot felt |
| BariApulia, Italy · pop. 316,491 | 164 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
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.
| Agency | Magnitude | Depth | Epicentre | Time offset | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INGVheadlineINGV via Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia | 3.1 ML | 286 km | 39.96° N, 15.67° E | – | Automatic |
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How big was it?
Often felt by people at rest close to the epicentre, rarely causes damage.
It released roughly the energy of 674 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 286 km this was a intermediate-depth earthquake, which spreads shaking over a wider area but less intensely.
M3.1 releases about 32× the energy of M2.1, and its waves are about 10× taller on a seismogram. Energy: 674 kg of TNT vs 21 kg of TNT.
Each square is the energy of one M2.1. Energy from log₁₀E = 1.5M + 4.8.
Aftershocks and nearby activity
No later earthquakes have been recorded within 30 km so far. 1 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.
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Event id ingv47478012. First recorded here 8 Oct 2026, 13:53:58 UTC. Solutions: INGV (ingv:47478012). Cite as: SeismoAtlas, “M3.1 earthquake 12 km NW of Praia a Mare, Calabria, Italy”, https://seismoatlas.com/earthquake/ingv47478012-m3-1-earthquake-12-km-nw-of-praia-a-mare-calabria-italy, data from INGV.
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