M2.9 earthquake 1 km W of Loretto, Austria
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 1 km W of Loretto, Austria on Sun, Jul 16, 2000, 4:28 AM GMT+2 (02:28 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-07-16 02:28:06 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.918° N, 16.497° E
- Region
- Austria
- 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
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.41 km ESE of Leithaprodersdorf, Austria · 9565 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.62 km SSE of Bischofstetten, Austria · 9556 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.32 km SW of Loretto, Austria · 9552 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.41 km NE of Loretto, Austria · 9513 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
Before
- 3.72 km WSW of Seibersdorf, Austria · 9568 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.01 km ESE of Leithaprodersdorf, Austria · 9569 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 5.03 km ESE of Oberwaltersdorf, Austria · 9569 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.71 km E of Leithaprodersdorf, Austria · 9570 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.41 km SE of Leithaprodersdorf, Austria · 9570 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 5.32 km W of Moosbrunn, Austria · 9570 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.510 km NNE of Gy?r, Hungary · 9582 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.69 km WSW of Ve?ký Meder, Slovakia · 9586 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009wkh. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:11 PM UTC.