M 4.5 in Italy on 04 Mar 2026 06:05 UTC

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 1527288
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.8259 , 15.4313
Event Date: 04 Mar 2026 06:05 UTC
04 Mar 2026 07:05 Local
Exposed Population:
90 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 04 Mar 2026 06:22 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.4 (Italy)

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000s1xj Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Italy - Earthquake and volcanic explosion (ECHO 05 Mar 2026)Thu, 05 Mar 2026 11:12

  • An earthquake of? 4.5 M at a depth of?4?km occurred on?4?March at?6.05?UTC (7.05?local time), as recorded by the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) in eastern Sicily, southern Italy. The epicentre was located?3?km?north-west of the town of Ragalna and?22?km?south-east of the city of Catania.
  • According to the Civil Protection of the Sicily region, the event was felt in more than?20?municipalities near the epicentre. As a precautionary measure, schools were closed on?4?March in the municipalities of Adrano, Aci?Sant’Antonio, Biancavilla, Belpasso, Gravina di Catania, San?Giovanni?la?Punta, San?Pietro?Clarenza, Santa?Maria?di?Licodia, Mascalucia and Catania. The same source reports numerous roof damages, with widespread collapses in the marginal sections of dry-stone walls and ruins.
  • On the same day, at?12.12?UTC, Etna volcano experienced an impulsive explosive event that lasted a few minutes and involved the summit crater known as?Bocca?Nuova. The explosion generated an ash plume that rose to a height of?1.5?km, producing a light ash fall on the upper slopes of the volcano. The National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) reports that there are no elements indicating a correlation between this explosive event and the ?4.5 M earthquake.

Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),