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M2.3 earthquake 5 km ENE of Canneto, Italy

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 5 km ENE of Canneto, Italy on Wed, Sep 17, 2003, 8:10 PM GMT+2 (18:10 UTC), 150 km (93 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 60 km E of Ustica, Italy. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2003-09-17 18:10:33 UTC
Depth
150.3 km (93.4 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
38.519° N, 15.011° 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 usp000c7v5. 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
268°, 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: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.462 km W of Leni, Italy · 8416 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 3.557 km WNW of Leni, Italy · 8411 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 2.762 km WNW of Leni, Italy · 8411 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 2.558 km W of Leni, Italy · 8411 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 2.662 km N of Cefalù, Italy · 8411 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 2.32 km NNW of Santa Domenica Vittoria, Italy · 8410 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 2.54 km NNW of Tonnarella, Italy · 8394 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 2.42 km NE of Linera, Italy · 8384 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 2.51 km N of Santa Maria la Stella, Italy · 8383 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 2.63 km S of Carruba, Italy · 8383 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 2.931 km WSW of San Lucido, Italy · 8377 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 2.629 km WNW of Leni, Italy · 8374 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
  13. 2.516 km WSW of Leni, Italy · 8369 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 3.660 km E of Ustica, Italy · 8369 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  15. 2.79 km NNW of Scilla, Italy · 8367 days ago · 38 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 2.763 km WNW of Leni, Italy · 8364 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away

Before

  1. 2.32 km ESE of Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea, Italy · 8419 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 2.49 km NNW of Villafranca Tirrena, Italy · 8436 days ago · 135 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 2.92 km SSE of Brolo, Italy · 8437 days ago · 119 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 2.93 km SE of Maletto, Italy · 8437 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 2.45 km SE of Letojanni, Italy · 8444 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 2.32 km ESE of Taormina, Italy · 8447 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c7v5. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:25 PM UTC.