M2.8 earthquake 0 km NNE of Taneto, Italy
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 0 km NNE of Taneto, Italy on Sun, Dec 24, 2000, 7:16 AM GMT+1 (06:16 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 7 km S of Berceto, Italy. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-12-24 06:16:13 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 44.777° N, 10.458° 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
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.62 km W of Castiglione dei Pepoli, Italy · 9409 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.96 km SE of Portovenere, Italy · 9391 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.63 km SSW of Carpaneto Piacentino, Italy · 9391 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.90 km SSE of Pescaglia, Italy · 9379 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.83 km SW of Guiglia, Italy · 9376 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.17 km S of Berceto, Italy · 9375 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.82 km SW of Berceto, Italy · 9375 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.74 km SSW of Collagna, Italy · 9372 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.92 km E of Neviano degli Arduini, Italy · 9363 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
Before
- 2.92 km W of Roncocesi, Italy · 9416 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.52 km ESE of Collagna, Italy · 9423 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.31 km ESE of San Vito-Cerreto, Italy · 9427 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.7northern Italy · 9429 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.94 km NW of Baiso, Italy · 9433 days ago · 1 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.32 km SW of Maranello, Italy · 9440 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.12 km ENE of Mezzanego, Italy · 9440 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a6n4. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:28 PM UTC.