Just 8 minutes ago, a magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck near Canneto, Province of Messina, Sicily, Italy. The tremor was recorded early on Thursday morning, October 8, 2026, at 5:42 a.m. local time, at a great depth of 360.40 km below the surface.The event was reported by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the first seismological agency to report it.A second report was later issued by the citizen-seismograph network RaspberryShake, which listed it as a magnitude 5.1 earthquake. A third agency, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), reported the same quake at magnitude 4.6.According to preliminary calculations, we do not expect that the quake was felt by many people or caused any damage. In Canneto (pop. 2,100, 96 km away) and Lipari (pop. 4,300, 98 km away), the quake was probably not felt.VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update the magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake becomes 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: Oct 8, 2026 03:42 a.m. (Universal Time) local time (8 Oct 2026 03:42 GMT)Magnitude: 4.9Hypocenter depth: 367.08 kmEpicenter coordinates: 39.21°N / 14.35°E (Sicily, Italy)Primary data source: USGS