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M2.3 earthquake 3 km SSE of Laviano, Italy

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 3 km SSE of Laviano, Italy on Sat, Oct 11, 2003, 6:19 AM GMT+2 (04:19 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 19 km SSE of Capri, Italy. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2003-10-11 04:19:40 UTC
Depth
9.7 km (6.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
40.760° N, 15.329° 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 usp000ca4d. 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
129°
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: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.30 km SSE of Ruoti, Italy · 8392 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
  2. 2.30 km WSW of Ariola, Italy · 8392 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 3.10 km SSE of Ricigliano, Italy · 8392 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 2.62 km ESE of Caposele, Italy · 8392 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  5. 2.41 km SW of Caggiano, Italy · 8362 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  6. 4.619 km SSE of Capri, Italy · 8361 days ago · 366 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 2.610 km NNE of Lucera, Italy · 8358 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 2.44 km NE of Savoia di Lucania, Italy · 8358 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 2.84 km WSW of Marsico Nuovo, Italy · 8357 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 2.71 km SE of San Gregorio Magno, Italy · 8354 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
  11. 2.7southern Italy · 8347 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ca4d. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:06 PM UTC.