M2.6 earthquake 2 km ESE of Caposele, Italy
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 2 km ESE of Caposele, Italy on Tue, Oct 14, 2003, 1:28 AM GMT+2 (23:28 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 19 km SSE of Capri, Italy. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-10-13 23:28:52 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.803° N, 15.254° 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 usp000cab8. 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 128°
- 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.41 km SW of Caggiano, Italy · 8363 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.619 km SSE of Capri, Italy · 8362 days ago · 366 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.610 km NNE of Lucera, Italy · 8359 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.44 km NE of Savoia di Lucania, Italy · 8359 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.84 km WSW of Marsico Nuovo, Italy · 8357 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.71 km SE of San Gregorio Magno, Italy · 8355 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.34 km W of Colletorto, Italy · 8354 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 3.10 km SSE of Ricigliano, Italy · 8393 days ago · 15 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.30 km WSW of Ariola, Italy · 8393 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.30 km SSE of Ruoti, Italy · 8393 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.33 km SSE of Laviano, Italy · 8395 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.84 km NNE of Sant'Elia a Pianisi, Italy · 8413 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cab8. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 12:50 PM UTC.