M1.7 earthquake 1 km W of Ivanec, Croatia
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 1 km W of Ivanec, Croatia on Wed, Dec 17, 2003, 11:33 AM GMT+1 (10:33 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 6 km N of Zagreb, Croatia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-12-17 10:33:57 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 46.221° N, 16.104° E
- Region
- Croatia
- 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 usp000cfef. 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
- 287°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.64 km NNW of Krapina, Croatia · 8327 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.54 km NE of Kostanjevica na Krki, Slovenia · 8322 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.15 km SE of Stubi?ke Toplice, Croatia · 8317 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.85 km SSE of Leskovec pri Krškem, Slovenia · 8312 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.66 km N of Zagreb, Croatia · 8305 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.77 km NW of Šentrupert, Slovenia · 8303 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.23 km E of Jablanovec, Croatia · 8303 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.52 km ESE of Ravne, Slovenia · 8303 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
Before
- 4.04 km E of Murakeresztúr, Hungary · 8328 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.25 km W of Zabok, Croatia · 8330 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.67 km ESE of Stubi?ke Toplice, Croatia · 8345 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.23 km WNW of Kašina, Croatia · 8345 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.66 km W of Rade?e, Slovenia · 8351 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.40 km NW of Zagorje ob Savi, Slovenia · 8353 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.55 km N of Krapina, Croatia · 8356 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cfef. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:39 PM UTC.