M2.6 earthquake 0 km E of Linera, Italy
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 0 km E of Linera, Italy on Tue, Dec 23, 2003, 1:14 PM GMT+1 (12:14 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 1 km W of Piedimonte Etneo, Italy. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-12-23 12:14:12 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.664° N, 15.138° 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 usp000cfvr. 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
- 110°
- Stations used
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.811 km E of Canneto, Italy · 8303 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.81 km SW of Carruba, Italy · 8299 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.32 km NNE of Nunziata, Italy · 8299 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.92 km NNW of Brolo, Italy · 8277 days ago · 112 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.01 km W of Piedimonte Etneo, Italy · 8273 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.72 km S of Linguaglossa, Italy · 8273 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.31 km SW of San Giovanni, Italy · 8268 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.72 km SSE of Cardeto, Italy · 8265 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.06 km NE of Sparta', Italy · 8262 days ago · 98 km deep · 85 km away
Before
- 2.53 km ENE of Carruba, Italy · 8325 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.51 km WSW of Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, Italy · 8326 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.05 km NNW of Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, Italy · 8343 days ago · 141 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.82 km SE of Tortorici, Italy · 8348 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cfvr. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 9:41 AM UTC.