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M2.5 earthquake 1 km SSW of Brienza, Italy

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 1 km SSW of Brienza, Italy on Sun, Sep 7, 2003, 1:46 PM GMT+2 (11:46 UTC), 17 km (11 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
2003-09-07 11:46:57 UTC
Depth
17.4 km (10.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
40.466° N, 15.621° 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 usp000c6zj. 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
141°
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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.02 km NNE of San Gregorio Magno, Italy · 8427 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 2.21 km E of Tramutola, Italy · 8427 days ago · 29 km deep · 22 km away
  3. 2.46 km NW of Laterza, Italy · 8415 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 2.72 km W of Sangineto, Italy · 8409 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 2.33 km SSE of Laviano, Italy · 8395 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 3.30 km SSE of Ruoti, Italy · 8392 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 2.30 km WSW of Ariola, Italy · 8392 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 3.10 km SSE of Ricigliano, Italy · 8392 days ago · 15 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 2.62 km ESE of Caposele, Italy · 8392 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 2.87 km NNW of Matera, Italy · 8387 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away

Before

  1. 2.52 km WNW of Bella, Italy · 8438 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 2.37 km WSW of Castelluccio Superiore, Italy · 8442 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 2.15 km NNE of Viggiano, Italy · 8445 days ago · 16 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 2.26 km E of Avigliano, Italy · 8454 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  5. 2.54 km SSE of Ruoti, Italy · 8454 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 2.62 km SSE of Ruoti, Italy · 8455 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  7. 2.62 km NE of Bella, Italy · 8455 days ago · 42 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 2.26 km SSE of Ruoti, Italy · 8456 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  9. 2.92 km S of Baragiano, Italy · 8456 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c6zj. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:56 PM UTC.