Earthquakes today in Samugheo
Today, within 30 km: no earthquakes recorded (updated at 11:37). Latest: M0.9 on 9 July 2026 at 08:47, 4 km West of Olzai, 1 km deep.
Seismic activity within 30 km
30 km radiusINGV catalogue epicentres of the last ~12 years, within the given radius from the town centre.
How seismic is Samugheo: zone 4
The quietest class: the probability of strong earthquakes is very low.
Official Civil Protection classification (upd. 2025), used for building codes.
The national hazard map provides no value for this area: that happens in the quietest parts of Italy.
Hazard describes the long-term expected shaking: it is not a forecast.
Why the ground rarely shakes here
Samugheo sits in one of the most stable areas of Italy: far from the boundary between the Eurasian and African plates, on ancient, rigid crust that hardly accumulates tectonic stress any more.
That is why earthquakes here are rare and almost always weak: a small geological privilege.
“Within 30 km”: epicentres less than 30 km from the centre of Samugheo. “In the town”: quakes whose nearest town to the epicentre is Samugheo.
The seismic history of Samugheo
The earthquakes that were actually felt in Samugheo over the centuries, with the intensity observed on site (Mercalli MCS scale).
- 2000II-III26 April 2000
Light: felt by few people, like a passing truck.
Tirreno centrale earthquake (M4.8), epicentre 148 km away
Source: Italian Macroseismic Database DBMI15 (INGV, CC BY 4.0).
The closest seismic structure
The town lies about 182 km from Northern Africa offshore - East, one of the seismic structures mapped by INGV geologists.
Faults are mapped to build better and understand the territory: knowing them says nothing about when an earthquake will occur, which remains unpredictable. Source: DISS 3.3 (INGV, CC BY 4.0).
Over time within 30 km
Earthquake map within 30 km
4 eventsLatest earthquakes within 30 km
Nearby towns
How does it compare with the surroundings?
Samugheo is among the quietest towns of its province: very few epicentres are recorded here.
Each quake is attributed to the town closest to its epicentre: the numbers describe the area, not the municipal territory alone.
Context
Province of Oristano0 events · last 30 daysSardinia region0 events · last 30 daysFrequently asked questions
Were there earthquakes near Samugheo today?
No, no quakes were recorded today within 30 km of Samugheo. The latest dates back to 9 July 2026.
Is Samugheo a seismic area?
Samugheo is classified in seismic zone 4 by the Civil Protection. The quietest class: the probability of strong earthquakes is very low.
What was the strongest earthquake near Samugheo?
In the INGV catalogue since 2015, the strongest earthquake within 30 km of Samugheo was magnitude 1.2, on 8 July 2022.
When was the last quake near Samugheo?
The last quake recorded within 30 km of Samugheo dates back to 9 July 2026, magnitude 0.9.
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Sources:INGV earthquake catalogueDBMI15 macroseismic historyCivil Protection seismic classification
Data: INGV — National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (CC-BY 4.0)