M2.7 earthquake 1 km NE of Lech, Austria
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 1 km NE of Lech, Austria on Wed, Jan 29, 2003, 9:24 PM GMT+1 (20:24 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
- 2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-01-29 20:24:20 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.220° N, 10.154° E
- Region
- Austria
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (IV) at Warth.
From the USGS event page for usp000bpjm. 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
- Stations used
- 12
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.76 km SW of Tubre, Italy · 8645 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 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 · 4 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 · 88 km away
- 1.92 km NNE of Meiern, Italy · 8614 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.06 km SE of Gries im Sellrain, Austria · 8605 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.45 km N of Flirsch, Austria · 8603 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
Before
- 2.73 km E of Lech, Austria · 8648 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.83 km SSE of Warth, Austria · 8648 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.33 km W of Lech, Austria · 8648 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.75 km SE of Hirschegg, Austria · 8648 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.11 km ESE of Stelvio, Italy · 8674 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bpjm. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:54 AM UTC.