Small 3.6 quake hits near Reggio Calabria, Provincia di Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy
3.6 quake Italy: 335 Km WSW From Othonoi Dec 20, 2023 07:49 am (GMT +1)

Just 16 minutes ago, a 3.6-magnitude earthquake struck near Reggio Calabria, Provincia di Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy. The tremor was recorded in the morning on Wednesday, December 20th, 2023, at 7:49 am local time, at a shallow depth of 13.9 km below the surface.
The event was filed by Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), the first seismological agency to report it.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the National Observatory of Athens (NOA) which listed the quake at magnitude 3.3. A third agency, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), reported the same quake at magnitude 3.6.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Samo (pop. 870) located 3 km from the epicenter, and Africo Nuovo (pop. 3,200) 7 km away.
Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Bovalino (pop. 7,500) located 15 km from the epicenter, Bovalino Superiore (pop. 8,400) 16 km away, Siderno (pop. 15,700) 32 km away, Reggio Calabria (pop. 169,100) 35 km away, Palmi (pop. 18,600) 39 km away, Gioia Tauro (pop. 18,800) 44 km away, and Messina (pop. 219,900) 47 km away.


Earthquake data:
Date & time: Dec 20, 2023 07:49 am (Rome time) local time (20 Dec 2023 06:49 GMT)
Magnitude: 3.6
Depth: 13.9 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 38.05°N / 16.06°E (Provincia di Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy)
Primary data source: INGV
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