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M2.5 earthquake 2 km WNW of Bella, Italy

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 2 km WNW of Bella, Italy on Fri, Aug 29, 2003, 7:56 AM GMT+2 (05:56 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 0 km SSE of Ruoti, Italy. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2003-08-29 05:56:08 UTC
Depth
5.7 km (3.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
40.770° N, 15.518° 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 usp000c66a. 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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Station coverage gap
164°
Stations used
7

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.51 km SSW of Brienza, Italy · 8428 days ago · 17 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 2.02 km NNE of San Gregorio Magno, Italy · 8426 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 2.21 km E of Tramutola, Italy · 8426 days ago · 29 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 2.33 km SSE of Laviano, Italy · 8394 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 3.30 km SSE of Ruoti, Italy · 8392 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 2.30 km WSW of Ariola, Italy · 8392 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 3.10 km SSE of Ricigliano, Italy · 8392 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 2.62 km ESE of Caposele, Italy · 8391 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  9. 2.87 km NNW of Matera, Italy · 8386 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away

Before

  1. 2.04 km SSE of Torremaggiore, Italy · 8437 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 2.76 km SW of San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy · 8437 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 2.37 km WSW of Castelluccio Superiore, Italy · 8442 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 2.15 km NNE of Viggiano, Italy · 8444 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 2.26 km E of Avigliano, Italy · 8453 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 2.54 km SSE of Ruoti, Italy · 8454 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  7. 2.62 km SSE of Ruoti, Italy · 8454 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  8. 2.62 km NE of Bella, Italy · 8454 days ago · 42 km deep · 4 km away
  9. 2.71 km ENE of Visciano, Italy · 8455 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 2.26 km SSE of Ruoti, Italy · 8455 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  11. 2.92 km S of Baragiano, Italy · 8456 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c66a. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:48 AM UTC.