M2.4 earthquake 62 km W of Leni, Italy
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 62 km W of Leni, Italy on Fri, Sep 19, 2003, 4:58 PM GMT+2 (14:58 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 60 km E of Ustica, Italy. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-09-19 14:58:56 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.664° N, 14.116° 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 usp000c80p. 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
- 186°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 4
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.134 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8416 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.557 km WNW of Leni, Italy · 8411 days ago · 14 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.762 km WNW of Leni, Italy · 8411 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.558 km W of Leni, Italy · 8411 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.662 km N of Cefalù, Italy · 8411 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.440 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8405 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.436 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8401 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.629 km WNW of Leni, Italy · 8374 days ago · 15 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.516 km WSW of Leni, Italy · 8369 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.660 km E of Ustica, Italy · 8369 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.763 km WNW of Leni, Italy · 8364 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.746 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8360 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
Before
- 2.35 km ENE of Canneto, Italy · 8418 days ago · 150 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.436 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8424 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.420 km NE of Sferracavallo, Italy · 8436 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.92 km SSE of Brolo, Italy · 8437 days ago · 119 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.448 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8439 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c80p. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:56 PM UTC.