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Magnitude 3.1 earthquake strikes near Bastia, Upper Corsica, Corsica, France

Published: 23 October 2026
Categories: Global Earthquake Activity

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Friday, Oct 23, 2026 14:07 | 23 mins ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor

Just 9 minutes ago, a magnitude-3.1 earthquake struck near Bastia, Upper Corsica, Corsica, France. The tremor was recorded in the early afternoon on Friday, October 23rd, 2026, at 3:56 pm local time, at a very shallow depth of 5. km below the surface.
The event was reported by France’s Réseau National de Surveillance Sismique (RéNaSS), the first seismological agency to report it.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), which also listed the quake at magnitude 3.1.
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 Piedigriggio (pop. 140), located 3 km from the epicenter, Morosaglia (pop. 1,100), 13 km away, and Corte (pop. 7,200), 17 km away.
Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Lucciana (pop. 3,700), located 24 km from the epicenter, Borgo (pop. 5,500), 25 km away, Biguglia (pop. 5,600), 29 km away, and Furiani (pop. 4,300), 31 km away. In Calvi (pop. 5,500, 34 km away) and Bastia (pop. 41,000, 37 km away), the quake was probably not felt.

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Published: 22 October 2026
Categories: Global Volcano Activity

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Friday, Oct 23, 2026 05:00 | By: VN

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Original VAAC bulletin: ash plume to 9,000 ft (2,700 m) as of Oct 23, 02:10 UTC

Ibu (Halmahera, Indonesia): Explosive activity continues. The Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Darwin warned of a volcanic ash plume rising to an estimated 6000 ft (1800 m), or flight level 060.
Original VAAC bulletin: ash plume to 6,000 ft (1,800 m) as of Oct 22, 21:30 UTC

Semeru (East Java, Indonesia): Explosive activity continues. The Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Darwin warned of a volcanic ash plume rising to an estimated 15000 ft (4600 m), or flight level 150.
Original VAAC bulletin: ash plume to 15,000 ft (4,600 m) as of Oct 22,

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