M4.3 earthquake 3 km NW of Faeto, Italy
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 3 km NW of Faeto, Italy on Fri, Nov 28, 1980, 6:29 PM GMT+1 (17:29 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 1 km SSW of Nuova Conza della Campania, Italy. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1980-11-28 17:29:11 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.347° N, 15.133° E
- Region
- Italy
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.11 km SSW of Nuova Conza della Campania, Italy · 16734 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.22 km ESE of Castelfranco in Miscano, Italy · 16733 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.43 km SE of Vallata, Italy · 16733 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.11 km N of Anzano di Puglia, Italy · 16732 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.95 km N of Lavello, Italy · 16731 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.71 km SSW of Muro Lucano, Italy · 16730 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.51 km NNE of Rapone, Italy · 16730 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.24 km SW of Andretta-Mattinella, Italy · 16726 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.31 km ENE of Caposele, Italy · 16726 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.52 km S of San Fele, Italy · 16722 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.83 km WSW of San Fele, Italy · 16722 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.05 km SE of Rocchetta Sant'Antonio, Italy · 16721 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.43 km SSE of Morra de Sanctis, Italy · 16720 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.12 km W of Rocchetta Sant'Antonio, Italy · 16718 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.90 km ENE of Albanella, Italy · 16704 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.25 km NE of Avigliano, Italy · 16694 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.55 km ESE of Cairano, Italy · 16688 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.3southern Italy · 16687 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.32 km NNE of Pescopagano, Italy · 16687 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.14 km NW of Bisaccia Nuova, Italy · 16687 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.02 km W of Muro Lucano, Italy · 16686 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.05 km NNE of San Gregorio Magno, Italy · 16683 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.85 km N of Aquilonia, Italy · 16681 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
Before
- 3.71 km E of Laviano, Italy · 16736 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.72 km ESE of Carife, Italy · 16738 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.14 km ESE of Calitri, Italy · 16738 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.54 km NNE of Andretta-Mattinella, Italy · 16738 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.42 km SSE of Cairano, Italy · 16738 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.32 km ENE of Vallesaccarda, Italy · 16738 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.54 km SW of Ruoti, Italy · 16738 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.43 km SE of Panni, Italy · 16739 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 5.30 km S of San Gregorio Magno, Italy · 16739 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.44 km N of Ricigliano, Italy · 16739 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.63 km N of Ricigliano, Italy · 16739 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.12 km SE of Laviano, Italy · 16739 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.33 km ESE of Laviano, Italy · 16739 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.41 km NW of Teora, Italy · 16739 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.3southern Italy · 16739 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.52 km WSW of Paternopoli, Italy · 16740 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.02 km ESE of Lioni, Italy · 16740 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.21 km NE of Cairano, Italy · 16740 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.24 km NE of Guardia Lombardi, Italy · 16740 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.43 km W of Cairano, Italy · 16740 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001b2f. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 10:10 AM UTC.