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M1.9 earthquake 76 km N of Cefalù, Sicily, Italy

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 76 km N of Cefalù, Sicily, Italy at 00:00 local time (23:00 UTC) on 12 Nov 2026, at a depth of 28 km, according to INGV. The solution is preliminary and may be revised.

Data: INGV · updated 2026-11-11 23:00 UTC · automatic solution

Magnitude
1.9micro
local magnitude (Richter) (ML)
Depth
27.7 km
Status
Automatic
Origin time
2026-11-11 23:00:57 UTC
Local: 12 Nov 2026, 00:00:57 (Europe/Rome)
Epicentre
38.712° N, 14.172° E

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Nearby places

Distance and estimated shaking at nearby places
PlaceDistanceEst. shaking
CefalùSicily, Italy · pop. 11,61376 kmINot felt
Capo d'OrlandoSicily, Italy · pop. 12,03880 kmINot felt
BagheriaSicily, Italy · pop. 53,14991 kmINot felt
Termini ImereseSicily, Italy · pop. 22,95791 kmINot felt
PalermoSicily, Italy · pop. 648,26097 kmINot felt
MonrealeSicily, Italy · pop. 21,964104 kmINot felt
CataniaSicily, Italy · pop. 311,584157 kmINot felt
NaplesCampania, Italy · pop. 909,048238 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 Vulcanologia1.9 ML27.7 km38.71° N, 14.17° E–Automatic

How big was it?

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

It released roughly the energy of 11 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 28 km this was a shallow earthquake, which is felt more strongly at the surface than a deeper one of the same size.

M1.9 releases about 22× the energy of M1.0, and its waves are about 7.9× taller on a seismogram. Energy: 11 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

4 later earthquakes within 30 km; the largest was M3.0 6 h ago. 42 in the 7 days before. Aftershock rates usually fall off roughly in proportion to 1/time.

Aftershocks

Mainshock M1.9

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

Aftershocks
Time after mainshock (hours)MagnitudeDepth (km)
9.332.98
16.583.010
17.113.07
18.472.110
  1. 3.085 km N of Cefalù, Sicily, Italy11-12 15:35
  2. 3.081 km N of Cefalù, Sicily, Italy11-12 16:07
  3. 2.989 km N of Cefalù, Sicily, Italy11-12 08:20
  4. 2.184 km N of Cefalù, Sicily, Italy11-12 17:29

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Event id ingv47909462. First recorded here 11 Nov 2026, 23:11:37 UTC. Solutions: INGV (ingv:47909462). Cite as: SeismoAtlas, “M1.9 earthquake 76 km N of Cefalù, Sicily, Italy”, https://seismoatlas.com/earthquake/ingv47909462-m1-9-earthquake-76-km-n-of-cefalu-sicily-italy, data from INGV.

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