M2.9 earthquake 6 km NNW of Gosau, Austria
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 6 km NNW of Gosau, Austria on Mon, Jul 14, 2003, 5:24 AM GMT+2 (03:24 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 3 km WNW of Niederwölz, Austria. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-07-14 03:24:35 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.643° N, 13.502° E
- Region
- Austria
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt at Bad Goisern and Bad Ischl.
From the USGS event page for usp000c2ew. 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
- 56°
- Stations used
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.73 km WNW of Niederwölz, Austria · 8475 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.41 km S of Sankt Lorenzen bei Scheifling, Austria · 8475 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.710 km SSE of Rennweg am Katschberg, Austria · 8466 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.95 km S of Obergäu, Austria · 8452 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.75 km S of Rennweg am Katschberg, Austria · 8440 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.56 km ENE of Gmünd, Austria · 8440 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.53 km S of Rennweg am Katschberg, Austria · 8439 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.38 km ENE of Gmünd, Austria · 8439 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.45 km NE of Gmünd, Austria · 8438 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.31 km SE of Sankt Peter ob Judenburg, Austria · 8434 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c2ew. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:02 PM UTC.