M1.9 earthquake 3 km WSW of Miranda, Italy
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 3 km WSW of Miranda, Italy on Tue, Apr 16, 2002, 8:42 PM GMT+2 (18:42 UTC), 12 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 2 km W of Dragoni, Italy. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-04-16 18:42:55 UTC
- Depth
- 12.1 km (7.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.638° N, 14.204° 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
- 4
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.42 km NE of San Polomatese, Italy · 8936 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.12 km N of Forlì del Sannio, Italy · 8931 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.40 km NNE of Case Campoli-Panetta, Italy · 8931 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.717 km NE of Termoli, Italy · 8925 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.82 km W of Dragoni, Italy · 8920 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.00 km N of Montaquila, Italy · 8910 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.63 km N of Cappadocia, Italy · 8882 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b2hn. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:41 PM UTC.