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M2.5 earthquake 3 km SSE of Civitella di Romagna, Italy

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 3 km SSE of Civitella di Romagna, Italy on Fri, Jul 18, 2003, 1:45 AM GMT+2 (23:45 UTC), 12 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 3 km E of Monterenzio, 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: Fri, Jul 18, 2003, 1:45 AM GMT+2
UTC: 2003-07-17 23:45:36 UTC
Depth: 12.4 km (7.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 43.982° N, 11.967° 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 usp000c2sc. 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: 262°, 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: 133 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 133.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c2sc. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:01 AM UTC.