M2.1 earthquake 1 km NNW of Amaro, Italy
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 1 km NNW of Amaro, Italy on Sat, Feb 23, 2002, 1:24 AM GMT+1 (00:24 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 3 km ENE of Amaro, Italy. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-02-23 00:24:53 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 46.385° N, 13.089° 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
- 5
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 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.13 km ENE of Amaro, Italy · 8985 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.94 km WNW of Ampezzo, Italy · 8978 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.51 km NW of Trasaghis, Italy · 8978 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.85 km ESE of Pieve di Cadore, Italy · 8949 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.05 km ESE of Zuglio, Italy · 8930 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.612 km W of Spodnja Idrija, Slovenia · 8930 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
Before
- 2.22 km SW of Kobarid, Slovenia · 8988 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.02 km ESE of Amaro, Italy · 8988 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.23 km ESE of Zuglio, Italy · 8993 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.12 km N of Amaro, Italy · 8996 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.94 km SE of Zuglio, Italy · 8996 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.95 km ESE of Zuglio, Italy · 8996 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.47 km S of Paularo, Italy · 8996 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.74 km SSW of Moggio di Sotto, Italy · 8996 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.67 km E of Zuglio, Italy · 8996 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.54 km SSW of Caorle, Italy · 8998 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ayzv. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:17 AM UTC.