M2.6 earthquake 3 km S of Carruba, Italy
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 3 km S of Carruba, Italy on Wed, Oct 22, 2003, 2:46 PM GMT+2 (12:46 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 64 km SSE of Palizzi Marina, 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
- 2003-10-22 12:46:56 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.660° N, 15.188° 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 usp000cb0d. 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
- 117°
- Stations used
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.764 km SSE of Palizzi Marina, Italy · 8375 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.79 km NNW of Scilla, Italy · 8367 days ago · 38 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.82 km SE of Tortorici, Italy · 8348 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.05 km NNW of Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, Italy · 8343 days ago · 141 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.51 km WSW of Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, Italy · 8326 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.53 km ENE of Carruba, Italy · 8325 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
Before
- 2.51 km N of Santa Maria la Stella, Italy · 8383 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.42 km NE of Linera, Italy · 8384 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.54 km NNW of Tonnarella, Italy · 8394 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.32 km W of Belpasso, Italy · 8397 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.32 km NNW of Santa Domenica Vittoria, Italy · 8410 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cb0d. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:33 PM UTC.