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M2.0 earthquake 5 km WSW of Ottaviano, Campania, Italy

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 5 km WSW of Ottaviano, Campania, Italy at 17:41 local time (16:41 UTC) on 26 Oct 2026, at a depth of 0 km, according to INGV. The solution is preliminary and may be revised.

Data: INGV · updated 2026-10-26 16:41 UTC · automatic solution

Magnitude
2.0micro
duration magnitude (Md)
Depth
0.2 km
Status
Automatic
Origin time
2026-10-26 16:41:25 UTC
Local: 26 Oct 2026, 17:41:25 (Europe/Rome)
Epicentre
40.828° N, 14.432° E

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Nearby places

Distance and estimated shaking at nearby places
PlaceDistanceEst. shaking
OttavianoCampania, Italy · pop. 23,3965 kmIIIWeak
Somma VesuvianaCampania, Italy · pop. 32,4845 kmIIIWeak
Sant'AnastasiaCampania, Italy · pop. 20,7335 kmIIIWeak
San Giuseppe VesuvianoCampania, Italy · pop. 26,8886 kmIIWeak
NaplesCampania, Italy · pop. 909,04814 kmINot felt
RomeLazio, Italy · pop. 2,318,895199 kmINot felt
BariApulia, Italy · pop. 316,491207 kmINot felt
PalermoSicily, Italy · pop. 648,260315 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. Likely felt out to about 6 km.

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
INGVheadlineSURVEY-INGV-OV#WESSEL via Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia2.0 Md0.2 km40.83° N, 14.43° E–Automatic

How big was it?

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

It released roughly the energy of 15 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 0 km this was a shallow earthquake, which is felt more strongly at the surface than a deeper one of the same size.

M2.0 releases about 32× the energy of M1.0, and its waves are about 10× taller on a seismogram. Energy: 15 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

9 later earthquakes within 30 km; the largest was M2.6 20 h ago. 3 in the 7 days before. Aftershock rates usually fall off roughly in proportion to 1/time.

Aftershocks

Mainshock M2.0

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

Aftershocks
Time after mainshock (hours)MagnitudeDepth (km)
17.991.73
23.822.33
23.831.84
23.831.84
26.141.90
144.311.90
339.062.23
379.231.81
394.502.61
  1. 2.65 km SE of Pollena Trocchia, Campania, Italy11-12 03:11
  2. 2.3Near Pozzuoli, Campania, Italy10-27 16:30
  3. 2.2Near Bagnoli, Campania, Italy11-09 19:45
  4. 1.95 km SE of Pollena Trocchia, Campania, Italy10-27 18:49
  5. 1.95 km SE of Pollena Trocchia, Campania, Italy11-01 16:59
  6. 1.8Near Pozzuoli, Campania, Italy10-27 16:31
  7. 1.8Near Pozzuoli, Campania, Italy10-27 16:31
  8. 1.84 km SE of Pollena Trocchia, Campania, Italy11-11 11:54
  9. 1.7Near Pozzuoli, Campania, Italy10-27 10:40

Did you feel it?

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Reports on SeismoAtlas

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Event id ingv47784322. First recorded here 26 Oct 2026, 16:59:24 UTC. Solutions: INGV (ingv:47784322). Cite as: SeismoAtlas, “M2.0 earthquake 5 km WSW of Ottaviano, Campania, Italy”, https://seismoatlas.com/earthquake/ingv47784322-m2-0-earthquake-5-km-wsw-of-ottaviano-campania-italy, data from INGV.

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