M2.5 earthquake 8 km WSW of Staffa, Italy

Magnitude

2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Fri, Aug 2, 2002, 9:11 PM GMT+2

UTC

2002-08-02 19:11:40 UTC

Depth

5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

45.952° N, 7.856° E

Region

Italy

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

OPERATOR_ASSIGNED

Stations used

21

• Domodossola, ItalyPopulation 17,778. Forecast38 kmWSW
• Novara, ItalyPopulation 101,916. Forecast82 kmNW
• Milan, ItalyPopulation 1,371,498. Forecast117 kmWNW

After

1. 2.53 km SE of Staffa, ItalySat, Aug 3, 8:22 AM GMT+2 · 8827 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
2. 2.32 km WSW of Cantoira, ItalyWed, Aug 7, 6:50 AM GMT+2 · 8823 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
3. 2.110 km SSE of Val-d'Isère, FranceMon, Aug 12, 5:54 PM GMT+2 · 8818 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
4. 3.02 km N of Rima, ItalyTue, Aug 13, 12:07 AM GMT+2 · 8818 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
5. 2.04 km E of Grindelwald, SwitzerlandWed, Aug 14, 6:59 AM GMT+2 · 8816 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
6. 1.62 km ESE of La Cassa, ItalyThu, Aug 15, 7:14 AM GMT+2 · 8815 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
7. 2.14 km WSW of Staffa, ItalySat, Aug 17, 12:06 PM GMT+2 · 8813 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
8. 2.89 km ESE of Meiringen, SwitzerlandTue, Aug 20, 3:00 PM GMT+2 · 8810 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
9. 2.33 km SSE of Staffa, ItalyThu, Aug 22, 9:27 PM GMT+2 · 8808 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
10. 2.25 km SSW of Staffa, ItalySat, Aug 24, 3:23 AM GMT+2 · 8807 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
11. 1.56 km NW of Staffa, ItalyWed, Aug 28, 4:50 PM GMT+2 · 8802 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
12. 2.51 km ESE of Villeneuve, ItalySat, Sep 7, 2:12 AM GMT+2 · 8793 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
13. 2.13 km SW of Gressoney-Saint-Jean, ItalyThu, Sep 12, 1:46 PM GMT+2 · 8787 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
14. 2.51 km WNW of Carcoforo, ItalySun, Sep 15, 11:28 PM GMT+2 · 8784 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
15. 2.86 km NW of Staffa, ItalySun, Sep 15, 11:44 PM GMT+2 · 8784 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
16. 2.79 km SSW of Martigny-Combe, SwitzerlandFri, Sep 20, 8:22 AM GMT+2 · 8779 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
17. 2.57 km W of Staffa, ItalySat, Sep 21, 3:38 PM GMT+2 · 8778 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
18. 2.13 km SSW of Avise, ItalyThu, Sep 26, 1:14 AM GMT+2 · 8774 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
19. 2.72 km N of Sankt Niklaus, SwitzerlandSat, Sep 28, 10:00 AM GMT+2 · 8771 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
20. 3.010 km N of Gressoney-La-Trinitè, ItalySun, Sep 29, 10:10 AM GMT+2 · 8770 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
21. 1.7northern ItalyTue, Oct 1, 2:34 AM GMT+2 · 8769 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away

Before

1. 2.010 km WSW of Staffa, ItalyWed, Jul 31, 4:48 AM GMT+2 · 8830 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
2. 2.06 km NW of Château-d'Oex, SwitzerlandSun, Jul 28, 10:32 AM GMT+2 · 8833 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
3. 2.95 km S of Oberschrot, SwitzerlandSat, Jul 27, 12:15 PM GMT+2 · 8834 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
4. 2.19 km SE of Zermatt, SwitzerlandThu, Jul 18, 7:22 AM GMT+2 · 8843 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
5. 1.82 km WSW of Staffa, ItalySun, Jul 14, 2:38 PM GMT+2 · 8847 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
6. 2.07 km WNW of Staffa, ItalyFri, Jul 12, 9:00 PM GMT+2 · 8849 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
7. 2.48 km WSW of Staffa, ItalyThu, Jul 11, 1:19 AM GMT+2 · 8851 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
8. 1.94 km SW of Staffa, ItalyWed, Jul 10, 9:00 PM GMT+2 · 8851 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
9. 1.93 km S of Gressoney-Saint-Jean, ItalyTue, Jul 9, 2:22 AM GMT+2 · 8853 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
10. 1.84 km NNW of Rima, ItalyMon, Jul 8, 7:18 AM GMT+2 · 8853 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
11. 2.02 km SW of San Mauro Torinese, ItalySun, Jul 7, 9:54 PM GMT+2 · 8854 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b96m. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:04 PM UTC.