Overview
- The earthquake struck shortly before 6 a.m. local time on January 10 and was widely felt across Calabria, Sicily, and Malta.
- Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology measured the quake at magnitude 5.1 with an epicentre about 65 km deep off the Ionian coast near Reggio Calabria.
- Calabria’s civil-protection chief said residents felt the shaking clearly, prompting fear, active social-media reports, and several calls to the operations room.
- Post-quake inspections found no casualties or major structural damage in the affected areas.
- The event follows smaller tremors recorded in Calabria earlier in the week as authorities continue monitoring regional seismic activity.