M2.7 earthquake 15 km NW of Briatico, Italy
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 15 km NW of Briatico, Italy on Sun, Aug 18, 2002, 2:24 PM GMT+2 (12:24 UTC), 193 km (120 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 3 km N of Acri, Italy. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-08-18 12:24:10 UTC
- Depth
- 193.4 km (120.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 38.835° N, 15.924° 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
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.03 km N of Acri, Italy · 8805 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.58 km NW of Santa Domenica, Italy · 8797 days ago · 52 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.54 km N of Terme, Italy · 8792 days ago · 27 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.73 km SSW of Bocchigliero, Italy · 8760 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.83 km SE of Bocchigliero, Italy · 8760 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
Before
- 2.67 km NNW of Sparta', Italy · 8813 days ago · 121 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.05 km W of San Donato di Ninea, Italy · 8816 days ago · 32 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.92 km ENE of Buonvicino, Italy · 8816 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.619 km WSW of Scarcelli, Italy · 8830 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.11 km NE of Cardeto, Italy · 8838 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.520 km E of Canneto, Italy · 8840 days ago · 126 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.215 km WNW of Santa Domenica, Italy · 8841 days ago · 12 km deep · 25 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ba4q. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:30 AM UTC.