Austria earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 3 km WSW of Aibl, Austria

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 3 km WSW of Aibl, Austria on Wed, May 21, 2003, 5:11 PM GMT+2 (15:11 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 6 km ENE of Mirna Pe?, Slovenia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2003-05-21 15:11:57 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
46.667° N, 15.179° E
Region
Austria
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed

From the USGS event page for usp000bxp7. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap
133°
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: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.8Austria-Slovenia border region · 8534 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 2.11 km E of Slovenski Javornik, Slovenia · 8533 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 2.24 km SW of Rade?e, Slovenia · 8531 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 2.33 km ESE of Šentvid pri Sti?ni, Slovenia · 8529 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 2.90 km SSW of Sankt Andrä, Austria · 8529 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 1.82 km N of Krapina, Croatia · 8528 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 1.83 km WSW of Aibl, Austria · 8527 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 1.82 km SW of Zagorje ob Savi, Slovenia · 8526 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 1.90 km SW of Zagorje ob Savi, Slovenia · 8526 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 4.06 km ENE of Mirna Pe?, Slovenia · 8526 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 1.9Austria-Slovenia border region · 8523 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  12. 1.91 km ESE of Ravne, Slovenia · 8523 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  13. 1.82 km SE of Sankt Peter ob Judenburg, Austria · 8516 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 1.61 km E of Šoštanj, Slovenia · 8515 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  15. 2.62 km ESE of Keutschach am See, Austria · 8514 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 2.14 km S of Brežice, Slovenia · 8504 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 2.44 km SSW of Brežice, Slovenia · 8503 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 2.86 km S of Brežice, Slovenia · 8503 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 1.94 km S of Brežice, Slovenia · 8502 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 2.24 km SSW of Brežice, Slovenia · 8502 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 2.24 km WSW of Radovljica, Slovenia · 8502 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  22. 1.95 km NNW of Krapina, Croatia · 8499 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  23. 1.93 km WSW of Litija, Slovenia · 8495 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  24. 2.03 km WNW of Litija, Slovenia · 8480 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  25. 1.64 km SSW of Brežice, Slovenia · 8480 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away

Before

  1. 2.10 km NNW of Keutschach am See, Austria · 8539 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 1.73 km WSW of Klanjec, Croatia · 8539 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 2.33 km S of Pod?etrtek, Slovenia · 8543 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 3.75 km SSE of Pod?etrtek, Slovenia · 8544 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 1.70 km S of Trbovlje, Slovenia · 8547 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 2.23 km NNE of Zgornje Pirni?e, Slovenia · 8554 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 1.81 km E of Radoboj, Croatia · 8557 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bxp7. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:07 AM UTC.