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M2.4 earthquake 16 km ESE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 16 km ESE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy at 19:50 local time (18:50 UTC) on 30 Oct 2026, at a depth of 12 km, according to INGV. The solution is preliminary and may be revised.

Data: INGV · updated 2026-10-30 18:50 UTC · automatic solution

Magnitude
2.4micro
local magnitude (Richter) (ML)
Depth
12.3 km
Status
Automatic
Origin time
2026-10-30 18:50:44 UTC
Local: 30 Oct 2026, 19:50:44 (Europe/Rome)
Epicentre
41.986° N, 14.101° E

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Nearby places

Distance and estimated shaking at nearby places
PlaceDistanceEst. shaking
SulmonaAbruzzo, Italy · pop. 21,08616 kmINot felt
Pratola PelignaAbruzzo, Italy · pop. 7,04323 kmINot felt
LancianoAbruzzo, Italy · pop. 34,79136 kmINot felt
ChietiAbruzzo, Italy · pop. 44,44441 kmINot felt
SoraLazio, Italy · pop. 23,75850 kmINot felt
NaplesCampania, Italy · pop. 909,048127 kmINot felt
RomeLazio, Italy · pop. 2,318,895132 kmINot felt
BariApulia, Italy · pop. 316,491250 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 Vulcanologia2.4 ML12.3 km41.99° N, 14.10° E–Automatic

How big was it?

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

It released roughly the energy of 60 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 12 km this was a shallow earthquake, which is felt more strongly at the surface than a deeper one of the same size.

M2.4 releases about 32× the energy of M1.4, and its waves are about 10× taller on a seismogram. Energy: 60 kg of TNT vs 2 kg of TNT.

Each square is the energy of one M1.4. Energy from log₁₀E = 1.5M + 4.8.

Aftershocks and nearby activity

20 later earthquakes within 30 km; the largest was M2.3 8 days ago. 33 in the 7 days before. Aftershock rates usually fall off roughly in proportion to 1/time.

Aftershocks

Mainshock M2.4

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

Aftershocks
Time after mainshock (hours)MagnitudeDepth (km)
0.071.815
0.691.813
20.811.811
21.852.118
27.082.015
38.841.712
96.671.815
96.671.815
105.111.910
105.111.910
105.211.818
105.211.818
105.302.316
105.302.316
111.852.214
131.351.516
131.351.516
210.602.216
210.641.511
297.751.814
  1. 2.315 km ESE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy11-04 04:08
  2. 2.315 km ESE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy11-04 04:08
  3. 2.217 km ESE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy11-04 10:41
  4. 2.217 km ESE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy11-08 13:26
  5. 2.117 km ESE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy10-31 16:41
  6. 2.017 km ESE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy10-31 21:55
  7. 1.916 km SE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy11-04 03:57
  8. 1.916 km SE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy11-04 03:57
  9. 1.816 km ESE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy10-30 18:55
  10. 1.817 km ESE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy10-30 19:32
  11. 1.817 km ESE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy10-31 15:39
  12. 1.817 km ESE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy11-03 19:31
  13. 1.817 km ESE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy11-03 19:31
  14. 1.816 km ESE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy11-04 04:03
  15. 1.816 km ESE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy11-04 04:03
  16. 1.817 km SE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy11-12 04:35
  17. 1.717 km ESE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy11-01 09:41
  18. 1.517 km ESE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy11-05 06:11
  19. 1.517 km ESE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy11-05 06:11
  20. 1.518 km ESE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy11-08 13:29

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Event id ingv47830072. First recorded here 30 Oct 2026, 19:00:54 UTC. Solutions: INGV (ingv:47830072). Cite as: SeismoAtlas, “M2.4 earthquake 16 km ESE of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy”, https://seismoatlas.com/earthquake/ingv47830072-m2-4-earthquake-16-km-ese-of-sulmona-abruzzo-italy, data from INGV.

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