M2.5 earthquake 3 km S of Lioni, Italy
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 3 km S of Lioni, Italy on Fri, Jul 12, 2002, 4:30 AM GMT+2 (02:30 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 4 km NNE of Sassinoro, Italy. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-07-12 02:30:19 UTC
- Depth
- 4.7 km (2.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.847° N, 15.179° 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
- 5
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.03 km WNW of Caposele, Italy · 8850 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.63 km SSW of Lioni, Italy · 8850 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.63 km ENE of Balvano, Italy · 8844 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.31 km NNW of Rocca San Felice, Italy · 8841 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.72 km SSW of Laviano, Italy · 8840 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.33 km WSW of Roccadaspide, Italy · 8831 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.22 km WNW of Roccadaspide, Italy · 8830 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.820 km SW of Pollica, Italy · 8827 days ago · 427 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.24 km NNE of Sassinoro, Italy · 8825 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.71 km NNW of Caggiano, Italy · 8822 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.70 km ESE of Ricigliano, Italy · 8822 days ago · 16 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.73 km SSW of Pescopagano, Italy · 8820 days ago · 11 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.10 km NW of Savoia di Lucania, Italy · 8807 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.33 km E of Baragiano, Italy · 8799 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.52 km E of Sant'Arsenio, Italy · 8797 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.110 km SW of Manfredonia, Italy · 8793 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.32 km NE of Scalo Romagnano al Monte, Italy · 8791 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
Before
- 2.32 km SSW of Lioni, Italy · 8850 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.52 km WSW of Colliano, Italy · 8854 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.31 km NE of Busso, Italy · 8860 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.13 km SSW of Savignano Irpino, Italy · 8862 days ago · 16 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.21 km N of Torella dei Lombardi, Italy · 8872 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.76 km NNE of Sasso di Castalda, Italy · 8873 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.50 km W of Laviano, Italy · 8877 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.31 km NE of Savoia di Lucania, Italy · 8877 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b7ym. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:39 PM UTC.