M2.9 earthquake 32 km W of Ustica, Italy

Magnitude

2.9 (Md, duration), micro

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Tue, Jul 16, 2002, 3:02 PM GMT+2

UTC

2002-07-16 13:02:31 UTC

Depth

15.4 km (9.6 mi), shallow

Epicenter

38.709° N, 12.821° E

Region

Italy

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Stations used

6

• Carini, ItalyPopulation 35,082. Forecast71 kmNNW
• Palermo, ItalyPopulation 648,260. Forecast81 kmNW
• Rome, ItalyPopulation 2,318,895. Forecast355 kmS

After

1. 2.631 km W of Ustica, ItalyTue, Jul 16, 3:29 PM GMT+2 · 8846 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
2. 2.736 km NE of Sferracavallo, ItalyWed, Jul 17, 7:31 PM GMT+2 · 8845 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
3. 2.757 km E of Ustica, ItalyTue, Aug 20, 12:54 AM GMT+2 · 8812 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
4. 6.034 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 3:21 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
5. 3.31 km SW of Bagheria, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 3:25 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
6. 3.128 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 3:31 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
7. 4.232 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 3:33 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
8. 2.734 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 3:35 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
9. 2.832 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 3:37 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
10. 3.831 km NE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 3:39 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
11. 3.623 km NNE of Sferracavallo, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 3:41 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
12. 4.540 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 3:45 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
13. 2.441 km ESE of Ustica, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 3:56 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
14. 2.146 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 4:02 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
15. 2.532 km N of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 4:06 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
16. 2.541 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 4:07 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
17. 3.943 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 4:08 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
18. 3.549 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 4:15 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
19. 2.436 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 4:26 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
20. 2.851 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 4:34 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
21. 2.037 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 4:42 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
22. 2.636 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 4:43 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
23. 2.643 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 4:48 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
24. 2.939 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 4:56 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
25. 3.140 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 4:59 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
26. 2.844 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 5:05 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
27. 2.543 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 5:10 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
28. 3.139 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 5:13 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
29. 2.433 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 5:28 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
30. 2.417 km N of Sferracavallo, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 5:33 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
31. 2.844 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 5:34 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
32. 3.337 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 5:37 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
33. 3.244 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 5:44 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
34. 3.234 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 5:47 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
35. 2.835 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 5:56 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
36. 2.846 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 6:05 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
37. 3.343 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 6:25 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
38. 2.835 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 6:39 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
39. 3.043 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 6:42 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
40. 3.036 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 6:48 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
41. 2.740 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 6:54 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
42. 2.737 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 6:56 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
43. 2.330 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 7:07 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
44. 3.332 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 7:11 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
45. 3.040 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 7:20 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
46. 3.335 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 7:35 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
47. 2.035 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 7:45 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
48. 2.340 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 8:08 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
49. 2.441 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 8:15 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
50. 4.034 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 8:15 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
51. 2.433 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 8:19 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
52. 2.332 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 8:21 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
53. 2.534 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 8:46 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
54. 3.036 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 8:53 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
55. 2.539 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 9:04 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
56. 2.639 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 9:15 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
57. 2.034 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 9:18 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
58. 3.048 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 9:34 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
59. 2.342 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 9:49 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
60. 2.336 km NNE of Santa Flavia, ItalyFri, Sep 6, 9:51 AM GMT+2 · 8795 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

1. 2.535 km W of Ustica, ItalyTue, Jul 16, 8:52 AM GMT+2 · 8847 days ago · 14 km deep · 4 km away
2. 3.033 km NNE of San Vito Lo Capo, ItalyFri, Jul 12, 2:47 PM GMT+2 · 8850 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
3. 2.422 km N of San Vito Lo Capo, ItalyTue, Jul 9, 10:44 AM GMT+2 · 8854 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b87f. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:58 PM UTC.