Earthquakes in Italy — March 2026

7 earthquakes were recorded in Italy during March 2026, an average of 0.2 per day.

6 reached magnitude 4 or above and 2 reached magnitude 5 or above. The average focal depth was 78 km.

The month's largest event in Italy was a magnitude 6.0 earthquake near Sant'Angelo, Italy on 09 March 2026 at 23:03 UTC. A magnitude 6.0 earthquake radiates roughly 15,080 tons of TNT equivalent in seismic energy.

That is well above the Italy monthly average of 3 events over the period we cover — an unusually active month, and up from the 1 recorded the previous month.

71% of events here are shallow (under 70 km), 14% intermediate (70–300 km) and 14% deep-focus (over 300 km). That proportion of deep-focus events is the signature of a subduction zone: only a cold slab descending into the mantle stays brittle enough to rupture at those depths.

By band, the catalogue holds 1 in the magnitude 2 range, 4 in the magnitude 4 range, 1 in the magnitude 5 range, 1 in the magnitude 6 range.

Activity peaked on 21 March, when 2 events were recorded.

The month's largest events were M6.0 near Sant'Angelo, Italy on 09 March at 373 km; M5.2 near Leni, Italy on 21 March at 10 km; M4.5 near Letojanni, Italy on 04 March at 10 km.

That is 159% above the 3 events Italy averages per month across the 17 months on record.