Italy earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 21 km S of Bordighera, Italy

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 21 km S of Bordighera, Italy on Thu, Mar 6, 2003, 5:47 PM GMT+1 (16:47 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 3 km SSW of Pradleves, Italy. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2003-03-06 16:47:41 UTC
Depth
2.1 km (1.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
43.590° N, 7.716° 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 usp000bs2v. 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
254°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 120 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 120.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bs2v. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:50 AM UTC.