M3.0 earthquake 1 km WSW of Sambuca, Italy
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 1 km WSW of Sambuca, Italy on Wed, Jan 3, 2001, 11:34 PM GMT+1 (22:34 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 northern Italy. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-01-03 22:34:33 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 43.571° N, 11.198° 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
- 59
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.01 km W of Fratta Terme, Italy · 9389 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.90 km SSE of Pescaglia, Italy · 9379 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.4northern Italy · 9379 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.83 km SW of Guiglia, Italy · 9376 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
Before
- 2.62 km W of Castiglione dei Pepoli, Italy · 9409 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.35 km SSW of Pietralunga, Italy · 9412 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.10 km ENE of Meldola, Italy · 9412 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.31 km ESE of San Vito-Cerreto, Italy · 9428 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a740. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:30 AM UTC.