M1.8 earthquake 1 km NNE of Rijeka, Croatia
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 1 km NNE of Rijeka, Croatia on Mon, Oct 22, 2001, 7:23 AM GMT+2 (05:23 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 2 km ESE of Ribnica, Slovenia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-10-22 05:23:12 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 45.339° N, 14.452° E
- Region
- Croatia
- 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
- 5
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 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.13 km NE of Vnanje Gorice, Slovenia · 9108 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.94 km SW of Trebnje, Slovenia · 9098 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.05 km W of Litija, Slovenia · 9096 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.63 km W of Škofja Loka, Slovenia · 9092 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.82 km ESE of Ribnica, Slovenia · 9083 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.71 km SSE of Morav?e, Slovenia · 9073 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.68 km ENE of Cerkno, Slovenia · 9061 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.15 km NNW of Ilirska Bistrica, Slovenia · 9061 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.82 km W of Ilirska Bistrica, Slovenia · 9061 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
Before
- 1.74 km NNW of Cerkno, Slovenia · 9112 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.75 km W of Litija, Slovenia · 9121 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.810 km SSW of Duino, Italy · 9122 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.86 km SSE of Šentjernej, Slovenia · 9126 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.93 km W of Litija, Slovenia · 9126 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.85 km WNW of Litija, Slovenia · 9131 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.24 km SSW of Rakek, Slovenia · 9132 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.84 km NE of San Floriano del Collio, Italy · 9138 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ardu. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:08 PM UTC.