Just 5 minutes ago, a 4.9-magnitude earthquake struck near Palermo, Province of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. The tremor was recorded early morning on Saturday, March 21st, 2026, at 2:46 am local time, at a shallow depth of 10. km below the surface.The event was filed by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), the first seismological agency to report it.A second report was later issued by the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, which listed it as a magnitude 4.9 earthquake as well.Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter. Weak shaking might have been felt in Cefalu (pop. 11,600) located 49 km from the epicenter, Termini Imerese (pop. 23,000) 69 km away, Bagheria (pop. 53,100) 74 km away, Villabate (pop. 19,000) 79 km away, Misilmeri (pop. 19,200) 82 km away, Palermo (pop. 648,300) 83 km away, Milazzo (pop. 31,800) 93 km away, Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (pop. 34,600) 93 km away, and Carini (pop. 35,100) 97 km away.VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake become available. If you’re in the area, please send us your experience through our reporting mechanism, either online or via our mobile app. This will help us provide more first-hand updates to anyone around the globe who wants to know more about this quake.Earthquake data: Date & time: Mar 21, 2026 02:46 am (Rome time) local time (21 Mar 2026 01:46 GMT)Magnitude: 4.9Depth: 10.00 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 38.45°N / 14.22°E (Province of Messina, Sicily, Italy)Primary data source: GFZ