M2.4 earthquake 1 km WNW of Pomarance, Italy
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 1 km WNW of Pomarance, Italy on Mon, Dec 9, 2002, 9:21 PM GMT+1 (20:21 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 3 km WNW of Radicondoli, Italy. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-12-09 20:21:58 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 43.302° N, 10.855° 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.45 km SW of Pomarance, Italy · 8697 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.14 km W of Radicondoli, Italy · 8697 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.22 km ESE of Monteverdi Marittimo, Italy · 8696 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.00 km S of Camugnano, Italy · 8689 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.01 km SSW of Chianni, Italy · 8684 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.52 km SW of Ginestra Fiorentina, Italy · 8680 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.65 km WSW of Rapolano Terme, Italy · 8679 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.44 km NW of Monterotondo Marittimo, Italy · 8669 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.21 km WSW of Sambuca, Italy · 8666 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.93 km WNW of Radicondoli, Italy · 8658 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.33 km S of Peccioli, Italy · 8656 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.12 km SSE of La Pieve-Molino, Italy · 8651 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.33 km SSW of La Pieve-Molino, Italy · 8650 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
Before
- 1.93 km WSW of Mercatale, Italy · 8703 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.46 km ESE of Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina, Italy · 8706 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.17 km SSW of Murlo, Italy · 8711 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.410 km S of Murlo, Italy · 8711 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.9central Italy · 8711 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.38 km SSW of Murlo, Italy · 8711 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.77 km NE of Civitella Marittima, Italy · 8711 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.6central Italy · 8711 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.38 km SSW of Murlo, Italy · 8711 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.48 km SSW of Murlo, Italy · 8711 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.39 km SSW of Murlo, Italy · 8711 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.89 km S of Murlo, Italy · 8711 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.49 km NE of Civitella Marittima, Italy · 8711 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.58 km ENE of Civitella Marittima, Italy · 8711 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.82 km ENE of Castiglione dei Pepoli, Italy · 8720 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bkdt. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:43 PM UTC.