M1.9 earthquake 5 km SSW of Staffa, Italy
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 5 km SSW of Staffa, Italy on Thu, Feb 14, 2002, 9:50 PM GMT+1 (20:50 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 10 km SE of Chalais, Switzerland. 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 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-02-14 20:50:59 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 45.922° N, 7.951° 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
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.80 km W of Viù, Italy · 8989 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.42 km WSW of Magenta, Italy · 8981 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.81 km E of Caselle Torinese, Italy · 8980 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.06 km NW of La Thuile, Italy · 8977 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.53 km S of Sparone, Italy · 8972 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.91 km S of Randogne, Switzerland · 8967 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.410 km SE of Chalais, Switzerland · 8964 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.21 km ESE of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland · 8964 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.012 km W of Sankt Niklaus, Switzerland · 8964 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.210 km NE of Evolène, Switzerland · 8964 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayItaly earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ayg9. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:29 AM UTC.