Just 5 minutes ago, a 4.3-magnitude earthquake struck near Rossano Stazione, Province of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy. The tremor was recorded early afternoon on Friday, March 6th, 2026, at 2:22 pm 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 Seismological Laboratory of the University of Athens (UOA), which listed it as a magnitude 4.3 earthquake as well. Other agencies reporting the same quake include the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 4.3, and The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Geophysical Lab. (AUTH) at magnitude 4.1.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 Mirto (pop. 8,700) located 13 km from the epicenter, Rossano Stazione (pop. 23,800) 21 km away, Cariati (pop. 8,300) 25 km away, and Corigliano Scalo (pop. 15,100) 29 km away.Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include San Giovanni in Fiore (pop. 17,400) located 52 km from the epicenter, Castrovillari (pop. 20,300) 55 km away, Quattromiglia (pop. 22,900) 65 km away, Cosenza (pop. 63,900) 67 km away, and Crotone (pop. 64,600) 74 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 6, 2026 02:22 pm (GMT +1) local time (6 Mar 2026 13:22 GMT)Magnitude: 4.3Depth: 10.00 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 39.71°N / 16.83°E (Province of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy)Primary data source: GFZ