M3.1 earthquake 1 km NE of Assago, Italy
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 1 km NE of Assago, Italy on Sat, Oct 5, 2002, 10:12 PM GMT+2 (20:12 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 1 km W of San Vigilio, Italy. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-10-05 20:12:50 UTC
- Depth
- 17.0 km (10.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 45.415° N, 9.138° 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.
- Stations used
- 98
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.00 km SW of Carentino, Italy · 8763 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.21 km NNW of Bruno, Italy · 8762 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.10 km SE of Carentino, Italy · 8749 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.31 km NNE of Mombercelli, Italy · 8748 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.40 km NNW of Bergamasco, Italy · 8747 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.32 km WNW of Castelnuovo Scrivia, Italy · 8740 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.91 km W of San Vigilio, Italy · 8726 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bdvq. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:41 PM UTC.