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M1.6 earthquake 5 km WNW of Brandenberg, Austria

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 5 km WNW of Brandenberg, Austria on Fri, Oct 31, 2003, 5:39 PM GMT+1 (16:39 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 1 km SW of Reith im Alpbachtal, Austria. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2003-10-31 16:39:48 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
47.514° N, 11.830° 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 usp000cbre. 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
186°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
5

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 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.54 km NW of Brandenberg, Austria · 8373 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.93 km WSW of Alpbach, Austria · 8372 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 1.83 km WSW of Alpbach, Austria · 8369 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 2.51 km SE of Brandenberg, Austria · 8361 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  5. 2.14 km S of Schlaiten, Austria · 8359 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 2.71 km SW of Reith im Alpbachtal, Austria · 8356 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 2.14 km S of Alpbach, Austria · 8349 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  8. 1.91 km W of Mühlau, Austria · 8346 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 1.94 km SE of Hinterglemm, Austria · 8327 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 2.43 km SSE of Schönwies, Austria · 8326 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 2.16 km E of Stummerberg, Austria · 8316 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away

Before

  1. 2.23 km SSW of Alpbach, Austria · 8374 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 1.76 km NE of Stummerberg, Austria · 8375 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  3. 1.92 km WSW of Breitenbach am Inn, Austria · 8376 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  4. 4.07 km NW of Mariastein, Austria · 8376 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  5. 1.70 km WNW of Seefeld in Tirol, Austria · 8380 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 2.30 km NW of Grossgmain, Austria · 8382 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 1.67 km WSW of Neustift im Stubaital, Austria · 8385 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 1.50 km NNE of Sankt Martin bei Lofer, Austria · 8400 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cbre. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:10 AM UTC.