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M2.5 earthquake France

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck in France on Wed, Apr 16, 2003, 4:57 AM GMT+2 (02:57 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 1 km NNE of Piobesi Torinese, Italy. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2003-04-16 02:57:03 UTC
Depth
4.0 km (2.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
44.466° N, 6.754° E
Region
France
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 usp000bv9s. 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
53°
Stations used
27

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 151 in the 60 days after this one and 129 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 151.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bv9s. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:54 PM UTC.