Italy earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 1 km NNE of Rapone, Italy

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 1 km NNE of Rapone, Italy on Thu, Dec 4, 1980, 1:04 AM GMT+1 (00:04 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 southern Italy. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.5 (mb), light
Local time: Thu, Dec 4, 1980, 1:04 AM GMT+1
UTC: 1980-12-04 00:04:55 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 40.861° N, 15.505° E
Region: Italy
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

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Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Stations used: 53

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 42 in the 30 days before it.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001b59 (also filed as iscgemsup633573). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 6:27 AM UTC.