M3.2 earthquake 4 km N of Lavello, Italy
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 4 km N of Lavello, Italy on Tue, Feb 3, 1981, 7:32 PM GMT+1 (18:32 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 5 km SSW of Lioni, Italy. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.2 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-02-03 18:32:11 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.084° N, 15.788° E
- Region
- Italy
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.35 km SSW of Lioni, Italy · 16659 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.62 km NNE of Rotondi, Italy · 16656 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.42 km E of Vietri di Potenza, Italy · 16655 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.42 km SSE of Muro Lucano, Italy · 16643 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.12 km SE of San Fele, Italy · 16614 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
Before
- 3.511 km N of Cerignola, Italy · 16671 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.85 km N of Aquilonia, Italy · 16679 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.05 km NNE of San Gregorio Magno, Italy · 16681 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.02 km W of Muro Lucano, Italy · 16684 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.14 km NW of Bisaccia Nuova, Italy · 16685 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.32 km NNE of Pescopagano, Italy · 16685 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 5.3southern Italy · 16686 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.55 km ESE of Cairano, Italy · 16686 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.25 km NE of Avigliano, Italy · 16693 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001c19. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:28 PM UTC.