M2.6 earthquake 0 km NE of Malvito, Italy
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 0 km NE of Malvito, Italy on Sat, Apr 12, 2003, 7:03 AM GMT+2 (05:03 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 3 km N of Paludi, 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
- 2003-04-12 05:03:49 UTC
- Depth
- 29.1 km (18.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.605° N, 16.057° 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 usp000bv05. 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
- 133°
- 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: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.73 km N of Lagonegro, Italy · 8576 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.42 km W of Cetraro Marina, Italy · 8576 days ago · 50 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.38 km W of Castelsaraceno, Italy · 8573 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.24 km NE of Marsico Nuovo, Italy · 8568 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.42 km S of Moliterno, Italy · 8563 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.74 km S of Cittadella del Capo, Italy · 8560 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.26 km NE of Lagonegro, Italy · 8554 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.32 km SSW of Cleto, Italy · 8554 days ago · 71 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.022 km NNW of Santa Domenica, Italy · 8553 days ago · 219 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.53 km SSE of Moliterno, Italy · 8548 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.35 km SSW of Moliterno, Italy · 8548 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.320 km NNW of Tropea, Italy · 8546 days ago · 70 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.52 km E of Aieta, Italy · 8528 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.43 km N of Paludi, Italy · 8526 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.30 km NE of Fabrizio, Italy · 8524 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.44 km SSW of Rossano, Italy · 8524 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.74 km SW of Rossano, Italy · 8524 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.84 km W of Paludi, Italy · 8523 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
Before
- 2.610 km WNW of San Giovanni in Fiore, Italy · 8579 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.52 km NW of Moliterno, Italy · 8580 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.83 km NNW of Verzino, Italy · 8580 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.72 km SE of Verzino, Italy · 8581 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.25 km S of Jacurso, Italy · 8585 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.41 km ENE of Squillace, Italy · 8586 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.75 km SW of Girifalco, Italy · 8586 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.147 km W of Amantea, Italy · 8587 days ago · 249 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.41 km S of Moliterno, Italy · 8589 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.38 km WSW of Castelsaraceno, Italy · 8599 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.819 km NNE of Torretta, Italy · 8599 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bv05. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:39 AM UTC.