M2.3 earthquake 3 km W of Lech, Austria
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 3 km W of Lech, Austria on Wed, Jan 29, 2003, 9:22 AM GMT+1 (08:22 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 4 km ESE of Lech, Austria. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-01-29 08:22:11 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.211° N, 10.101° E
- Region
- Austria
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
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
- 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: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.83 km SSE of Warth, Austria · 8648 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.73 km E of Lech, Austria · 8648 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.71 km NE of Lech, Austria · 8647 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.76 km SW of Tubre, Italy · 8645 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.55 km W of St Anton am Arlberg, Austria · 8639 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.04 km ESE of Lech, Austria · 8628 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.212 km N of Isolaccia, Italy · 8620 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.30 km N of Cepina, Italy · 8619 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.92 km NNE of Meiern, Italy · 8614 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.06 km SE of Gries im Sellrain, Austria · 8605 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.45 km N of Flirsch, Austria · 8603 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bph4. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:53 AM UTC.