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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Todi in Italy


Earthquake location 42.7804S, 12.4276WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Todi in Italy. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/09/25 / 2025-09-20 21:11:40 / September 20, 2025 @ 9:11 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qxli. Unique identifier: us7000qxli. Exact location of earthquake, 12.4276° East, 42.7804° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 21:11:40 / 9:11 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 37 km (23 miles) from Perugia (c. 120 100 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Terni (c. 97 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Arezzo (c. 76 300 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Guidonia Montecelio (c. 67 500 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Foligno (c. 47 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Civitavecchia (c. 47 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was L’Aquila, Civitavecchia, Cerveteri (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 1 km E of Todi, Italy.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 12.4276° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 42.7804° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 1 km E of Todi, Italy Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-09-20 21:11:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-09-20 21:56:39 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 271 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 49 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.488 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.02 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 139 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000qxli Id of event.
Event Code 7000qxli An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qxli, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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