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M4.3 earthquake 7 km ESE of Carruba, Italy

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 7 km ESE of Carruba, Italy on Tue, Oct 29, 2002, 11:02 AM GMT+1 (10:02 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Tue, Oct 29, 2002, 11:02 AM GMT+1
UTC: 2002-10-29 10:02:21 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 37.670° N, 15.267° E
Region: Italy
Strongest shaking: IV, light shaking
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Deaths and damage

From NOAA NCEI’s Significant Earthquake Database (record 5659), matched to this event by time and place.

Injuries: 9
Damage: Limited (under about $1 million)
Houses damaged: Some (about 51 to 100)

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA’s full record of this earthquake

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

At least 9 people injured and dozens of buildings damaged (VIII) in the Santa Venerina area. Felt (V) at Catania and (IV) at Messina.

From the USGS event page for usp000bfkj. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated: IV, light shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 6.4% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: 0.4 cm/s
Map: Automatic

USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter — Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

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: 68

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bfkj (also filed as atlas20021029100221). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:39 PM UTC.