M2.1 earthquake 4 km S of Diex, Austria
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 4 km S of Diex, Austria on Wed, Oct 22, 2003, 3:28 PM GMT+2 (13:28 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 6 km S of Šentvid pri Sti?ni, Slovenia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-10-22 13:28:25 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 46.709° N, 14.603° E
- Region
- Austria
- 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 usp000cb0g. 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
- 60°
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.35 km NE of Salla, Austria · 8382 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.31 km SE of Ravne, Slovenia · 8378 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.66 km SW of Izlake, Slovenia · 8373 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.66 km SW of Izlake, Slovenia · 8373 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.13 km SSE of Bleiburg/Pliberk, Austria · 8373 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.33 km WSW of Litija, Slovenia · 8372 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.60.2 km SSE of Clodig, Italy · 8371 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.94 km W of Litija, Slovenia · 8370 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.62 km NNW of Dobrova, Slovenia · 8370 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.73 km SW of Izlake, Slovenia · 8364 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.67 km WSW of Gornji Grad, Slovenia · 8363 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.8Austria-Italy-Slovenia border region · 8361 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.02 km SSW of Aibl, Austria · 8361 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.90 km SSW of Spittal an der Drau, Austria · 8358 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.64 km W of Litija, Slovenia · 8354 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.40 km NW of Zagorje ob Savi, Slovenia · 8351 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.66 km W of Rade?e, Slovenia · 8349 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.25 km NW of Litija, Slovenia · 8344 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.86 km S of Šentvid pri Sti?ni, Slovenia · 8331 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.14 km S of Faak am See, Austria · 8329 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.09 km ESE of Videm, Slovenia · 8327 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.35 km W of Cerkno, Slovenia · 8326 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
Before
- 2.33 km NNE of Muta, Slovenia · 8387 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.9Austria-Italy-Slovenia border region · 8388 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.92 km NNE of Velenje, Slovenia · 8392 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.73 km NW of Mežica, Slovenia · 8395 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.93 km S of Velenje, Slovenia · 8401 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.93 km SW of Kainach bei Voitsberg, Austria · 8404 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.60 km E of Eberstein, Austria · 8404 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.81 km NNE of Šoštanj, Slovenia · 8406 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cb0g. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:28 AM UTC.