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M2.9 earthquake 6 km N of Grins, Austria

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 6 km N of Grins, Austria on Fri, Sep 7, 2001, 10:57 PM GMT+2 (20:57 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 11 km WSW of Tubre, Italy. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2001-09-07 20:57:31 UTC
Depth
1.0 km (0.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
47.200° N, 10.500° E
Region
Austria
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt (IV) at Elmen.

From the USGS event page for usp000antg. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Stations used
42

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.07 km S of Kappl, Austria · 9155 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 2.14 km SW of Flums, Switzerland · 9136 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 4.511 km WSW of Tubre, Italy · 9132 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 2.9northern Italy · 9132 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 3.110 km NNE of Isolaccia, Italy · 9132 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 1.9northern Italy · 9130 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 1.811 km ESE of Sant'Antonio, Italy · 9125 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 1.96 km NNE of Isolaccia, Italy · 9124 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 2.27 km E of Scuol, Switzerland · 9105 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 3.3Austria · 9102 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 3.23 km SSE of Warth, Austria · 9102 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 2.76 km N of Grins, Austria · 9101 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
  13. 2.512 km N of Isolaccia, Italy · 9096 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 1.86 km S of Gries im Sellrain, Austria · 9095 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away

Before

  1. 2.97 km E of Scuol, Switzerland · 9162 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 2.11 km S of Stelvio, Italy · 9166 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 1.68 km NW of Nauders, Austria · 9176 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 2.44 km ENE of Flums, Switzerland · 9176 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 2.29 km NNW of Tubre, Italy · 9177 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000antg. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:22 AM UTC.