M2.6 earthquake 2 km NE of Bella, Italy
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 2 km NE of Bella, Italy on Tue, Aug 12, 2003, 3:55 AM GMT+2 (01:55 UTC), 42 km (26 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 6 km SW of San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-08-12 01:55:20 UTC
- Depth
- 41.7 km (25.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.778° N, 15.566° E
- Region
- Italy
- 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 usp000c4nr. 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
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Station coverage gap
- 283°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 4
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.62 km SSE of Ruoti, Italy · 8455 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.54 km SSE of Ruoti, Italy · 8454 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.26 km E of Avigliano, Italy · 8454 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.15 km NNE of Viggiano, Italy · 8445 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.37 km WSW of Castelluccio Superiore, Italy · 8442 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.76 km SW of San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy · 8438 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.04 km SSE of Torremaggiore, Italy · 8438 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.52 km WNW of Bella, Italy · 8438 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.51 km SSW of Brienza, Italy · 8428 days ago · 17 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.02 km NNE of San Gregorio Magno, Italy · 8427 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.21 km E of Tramutola, Italy · 8426 days ago · 29 km deep · 55 km away
Before
- 2.71 km ENE of Visciano, Italy · 8456 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.26 km SSE of Ruoti, Italy · 8456 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.92 km S of Baragiano, Italy · 8456 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.70 km NNE of Castelnuovo di Conza, Italy · 8468 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.93 km NE of Savoia di Lucania, Italy · 8470 days ago · 17 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.76 km SE of Grottole, Italy · 8477 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.44 km N of Castelluccio Superiore, Italy · 8482 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.14 km WNW of Scalo di Baragiano, Italy · 8483 days ago · 22 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.52 km SSE of Tito, Italy · 8484 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.21 km SE of Colle Sannita, Italy · 8484 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.10 km SSE of San Giorgio la Molara, Italy · 8484 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.64 km SSE of Canosa di Puglia, Italy · 8485 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c4nr. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:52 PM UTC.