M3.3 earthquake Sicily, Italy
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck in Sicily, Italy on Thu, May 30, 2002, 8:30 PM GMT+2 (18:30 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (Md, duration), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-05-30 18:30:36 UTC
- Depth
- 10.7 km (6.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.482° N, 13.078° 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
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.029 km S of Ustica, Italy · 8893 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.728 km S of Ustica, Italy · 8893 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.423 km S of Ustica, Italy · 8893 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.7Sicily, Italy · 8893 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.725 km NW of Favignana, Italy · 8879 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.062 km W of Leni, Italy · 8870 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.422 km N of San Vito Lo Capo, Italy · 8853 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.033 km NNE of San Vito Lo Capo, Italy · 8850 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.535 km W of Ustica, Italy · 8847 days ago · 14 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.932 km W of Ustica, Italy · 8846 days ago · 15 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.631 km W of Ustica, Italy · 8846 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.736 km NE of Sferracavallo, Italy · 8845 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b58c. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:53 PM UTC.