M2.6 earthquake 5 km SSW of Frassinoro, Italy
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 5 km SSW of Frassinoro, Italy on Thu, Oct 5, 2000, 8:35 PM GMT+2 (18:35 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 1 km NNW of Polinago, Italy. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-10-05 18:35:42 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 44.252° N, 10.534° 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
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.1northern Italy · 9490 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.84 km E of Ponte dell'Olio, Italy · 9490 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.02 km WSW of Rastignano-Carteria di Sesto, Italy · 9477 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.60 km S of Barga, Italy · 9474 days ago · 27 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.61 km W of Carpineti, Italy · 9473 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.71 km E of Montechiarugolo, Italy · 9473 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.81 km WSW of Roteglia, Italy · 9469 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.71 km N of Casola in Lunigiana, Italy · 9467 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.14 km WSW of Collagna, Italy · 9465 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.81 km NNW of Polinago, Italy · 9459 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.12 km ENE of Mezzanego, Italy · 9440 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.32 km SW of Maranello, Italy · 9440 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
Before
- 2.71 km NNE of Montale, Italy · 9496 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.55 km NNE of Sestola, Italy · 9497 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.62 km NW of Carpineti, Italy · 9499 days ago · 0 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.21 km SSE of Pianoro, Italy · 9505 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.22 km E of Campogalliano, Italy · 9517 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.85 km NNE of Compiano, Italy · 9520 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a1ad. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:05 PM UTC.