M2.8 earthquake 4 km WSW of Capirro, Italy
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 4 km WSW of Capirro, Italy on Sun, Jun 23, 2002, 11:41 PM GMT+2 (21:41 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 8 km NNW of Peschici, Italy. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-06-23 21:41:14 UTC
- Depth
- 9.3 km (5.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.244° N, 16.372° 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
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.63 km ENE of Balvano, Italy · 8845 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.58 km NNW of Peschici, Italy · 8823 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.36 km NW of Peschici, Italy · 8823 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.01 km ESE of Rodi Garganico, Italy · 8823 days ago · 26 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.70 km ESE of Ricigliano, Italy · 8822 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.73 km SSW of Pescopagano, Italy · 8821 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.85 km E of Mattinata, Italy · 8819 days ago · 15 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.47 km N of Vieste, Italy · 8819 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.67 km S of Carpino, Italy · 8811 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away
Before
- 2.76 km NNE of Sasso di Castalda, Italy · 8874 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.31 km NE of Savoia di Lucania, Italy · 8878 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.15 km E of Satriano di Lucania, Italy · 8881 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.42 km NNW of Locorotondo, Italy · 8887 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.512 km ENE of Lucera, Italy · 8898 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b6tf. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:38 PM UTC.