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M4.5 earthquake Sicily, Italy

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in Sicily, Italy on Sat, Sep 21, 2002, 1:06 AM GMT+2 (23:06 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 39 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2002-09-20 23:06:03 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.455° N, 13.742° E
Region
Italy
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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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
180

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 154 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.342 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8781 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.851 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8781 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 2.557 km NNW of Cefalù, Italy · 8780 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 2.531 km N of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8780 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  5. 2.439 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8780 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 2.447 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8780 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 2.863 km WNW of Leni, Italy · 8780 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 2.742 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8780 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  9. 2.743 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8779 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  10. 2.536 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8779 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  11. 2.940 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8779 days ago · 16 km deep · 7 km away
  12. 3.440 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8779 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 2.244 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8779 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  14. 2.543 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8779 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  15. 2.738 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8779 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  16. 3.041 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8778 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  17. 2.742 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8778 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  18. 2.246 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8778 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  19. 2.136 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8778 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  20. 2.734 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8778 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
  21. 2.327 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8778 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  22. 2.332 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8778 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  23. 3.034 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8778 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  24. 2.240 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8777 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  25. 2.130 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8777 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  26. 2.634 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8777 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  27. 2.334 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8776 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  28. 2.641 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8776 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  29. 2.348 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8776 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  30. 2.643 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8775 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  31. 2.542 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8775 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  32. 2.845 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8775 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  33. 3.647 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8775 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  34. 2.442 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8775 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  35. 2.331 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8775 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  36. 2.338 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8774 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  37. 2.442 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8774 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  38. 2.834 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8774 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
  39. 5.339 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8774 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  40. 2.435 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8774 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  41. 2.547 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8774 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  42. 2.636 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8774 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  43. 2.340 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8774 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  44. 2.443 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8774 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  45. 2.442 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8774 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  46. 2.938 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8774 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  47. 2.435 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8774 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  48. 2.445 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8774 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  49. 2.439 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8774 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  50. 2.534 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8774 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  51. 3.134 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8774 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  52. 2.537 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8773 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  53. 4.643 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8773 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  54. 2.441 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8773 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  55. 2.634 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8773 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  56. 2.634 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8773 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  57. 2.432 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8773 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  58. 2.538 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8773 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  59. 2.340 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8773 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  60. 2.535 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8773 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away

The first 60 of 154.

Before

  1. 2.537 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8781 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 2.838 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8782 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 2.748 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8782 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 2.726 km N of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8782 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  5. 2.735 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8782 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
  6. 2.440 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8782 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 2.737 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8783 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 2.732 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8783 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  9. 2.463 km N of Cefalù, Italy · 8783 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  10. 2.843 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8783 days ago · 14 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 2.339 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8783 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  12. 3.139 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8783 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 2.437 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8783 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  14. 2.655 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8783 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  15. 2.540 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8783 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 2.549 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8783 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  17. 2.6Sicily, Italy · 8783 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  18. 2.734 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8783 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  19. 2.549 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8784 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  20. 3.133 km N of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8784 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bcs3. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 11:56 AM UTC.