Small 3.6 quake hits near Crotone, Province of Crotone, Calabria, Italy

Just 7 minutes ago, a 3.6-magnitude earthquake struck near Crotone, Province of Crotone, Calabria, Italy. The tremor was recorded in the morning on Thursday, January 15th, 2026, at 9:14 am local time, at a shallow depth of 10. km below the surface.
The event was filed by the National Observatory of Athens (NOA), the first seismological agency to report it.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Geophysical Lab. (AUTH) which listed the quake at magnitude 3.4. A third agency, the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, reported the same quake at magnitude 3.6.
According to preliminary calculations, we do not expect that the quake was felt by many people and did not cause any damage. In Capo Rizzuto (pop. 1000, 77 km away), Isola di Capo Rizzuto (pop. 11,000, 79 km away), Crotone (pop. 64,600, 83 km away), and Papanice (pop. 2,700, 90 km away), the quake was probably not felt.

Earthquake data:
Date & time: Jan 15, 2026 08:14 am (Universal Time) local time (15 Jan 2026 08:14 GMT)
Magnitude: 3.6
Depth: 10.00 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 38.66°N / 17.92°E (Italy)
Primary data source: NOA
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