M 4.6 in Italy on 13 Jan 2026 08:27 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact
Shakemap
Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 44.4249 , 12.1541
Event Date: 13 Jan 2026 08:27 UTC
13 Jan 2026 09:27 Local
Exposed Population:
4 thousand in MMI VI
Source: NEIC us7000rpcy
Inserted at: 13 Jan 2026 09:29 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 2.4 (Italy)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000rpcy Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

The green area correspond to areas affected by strong shaking (MMI VI or higher) according to the simulation.


Episode Timeline

IDLevelScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1682007 0 13 Jan 2026 08:27 4.6M, 10km 5.64 N/A (in MMI>=VII) N/A 01:01 NEIC
The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.
The episode that has the last updated information.
* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Rapid Impact

The results presented below are calculated with the ShakeMap open source software (USGS) using only earthquake hypocenter information to provide a rapid estimation of the ground motion and shaking intensity without taking into account any instrumental observations or earthquake source scaling laws.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Italy ,of Emilia-Romagna (population 3,946,398) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
4200 people
170000 people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Emilia-Romagna Italy 1400 people
Emilia-Romagna Italy 170000 people
Emilia-Romagna Italy 160000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Ravenna Emilia-Romagna Italy Major city 140000 people 4 km
Piangipane Emilia-Romagna Italy Village - 5 km
Russi Emilia-Romagna Italy City 11000 people 12 km
Alfonsine Emilia-Romagna Italy City 12000 people 13 km
San Alberto Emilia-Romagna Italy Village - 13 km
Marina di Ravenna Emilia-Romagna Italy Village - 12 km
Bagnacavallo Emilia-Romagna Italy City 16000 people 14 km
Fusignano Emilia-Romagna Italy Village 7900 people 16 km
Casa Nuova Emilia-Romagna Italy Village - 17 km
Cotignola Emilia-Romagna Italy Village 6900 people 18 km
Lugo Emilia-Romagna Italy City 32000 people 19 km
Milano Marittima Emilia-Romagna Italy Village - 23 km
Sant'Agata sul Santerno Emilia-Romagna Italy Village - 23 km
Forlì Emilia-Romagna Italy Major city 110000 people 24 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Intensity Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Ravenna RAN 0 Civ. Paved No 3900 9 km

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Ravenna ITRAN Italy 4 km
Porto Corsini ITPCS Italy 13 km

More information

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