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M5.3 earthquake 12 km NNE of Mirto, Italy

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 12 km NNE of Mirto, Italy on Wed, Apr 17, 2002, 8:42 AM GMT+2 (06:42 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.3 (Mwc, centroid moment), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Wed, Apr 17, 2002, 8:42 AM GMT+2
UTC: 2002-04-17 06:42:54 UTC
Depth: 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 39.700° N, 16.843° E
Region: Italy
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
5.3	Mwc, centroid moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed
5.29	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.1
5.3	Mwc, centroid moment	Global CMT project	Preliminary

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Strike-slip
Nodal plane 1: Strike 141°, dip 28°, rake 13°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 40°, dip 84°, rake 117°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Stations used: 296

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b2jt (also filed as gcmtb041702b, gcmt20020417064254, iscgem2991385). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:16 PM UTC.