M2.0 earthquake 2 km NW of Vils, Austria
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 2 km NW of Vils, Austria on Thu, Feb 15, 2001, 2:56 AM GMT+1 (01:56 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 2 km NNE 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
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-02-15 01:56:44 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.563° N, 10.607° E
- Region
- Austria
- 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: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.01 km NW of Mäder, Austria · 9332 days ago · 29 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.32 km NNE of Warth, Austria · 9330 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.77 km WNW of Neustift im Stubaital, Austria · 9329 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.91 km ESE of Mieders, Austria · 9322 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.11 km WNW of Baumkirchen, Austria · 9319 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.41 km ESE of Mauren, Liechtenstein · 9309 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a9nt. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:51 PM UTC.