M1.6 earthquake 4 km N of Racines, Italy
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 4 km N of Racines, Italy on Sun, Aug 20, 2000, 10:41 PM GMT+2 (20:41 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 2 km SSE of Warth, Austria. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-08-20 20:41:23 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 46.907° N, 11.303° 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
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.06 km S of Gramais, Austria · 9525 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.82 km NNW of Alpbach, Austria · 9525 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.09 km E of Sant'Antonio, Italy · 9523 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.42 km SSE of Warth, Austria · 9520 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.79 km SW of Gschnitz, Austria · 9512 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.011 km WSW of Tubre, Italy · 9490 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.83 km N of Bormio, Italy · 9490 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009yut. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:30 AM UTC.