M2.3 earthquake 2 km SE of Milo, Italy
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 2 km SE of Milo, Italy on Fri, Jul 4, 2003, 9:09 PM GMT+2 (19:09 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 1 km WNW 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
- 2.3 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-07-04 19:09:53 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.714° N, 15.135° 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 usp000c1nq. 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
- 116°
- Stations used
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.51 km NE of Mistretta, Italy · 8492 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.40 km ESE of Sparta', Italy · 8490 days ago · 55 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.84 km SW of San Carlo-Condofuri Marina, Italy · 8490 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.20 km WSW of Castroreale, Italy · 8486 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.716 km ESE of Carruba, Italy · 8483 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.02 km WSW of Villa San Giovanni, Italy · 8481 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.41 km WNW of Piedimonte Etneo, Italy · 8480 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.61 km SE of Carruba, Italy · 8479 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.358 km S of Palizzi Marina, Italy · 8476 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.322 km ESE of Letojanni, Italy · 8474 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.46 km WNW of Milo, Italy · 8473 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.53 km NNW of Acireale, Italy · 8467 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.71 km SE of Linera, Italy · 8467 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.53 km W of Platì, Italy · 8456 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.32 km ESE of Taormina, Italy · 8447 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.45 km SE of Letojanni, Italy · 8444 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.93 km SE of Maletto, Italy · 8437 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.92 km SSE of Brolo, Italy · 8437 days ago · 119 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.49 km NNW of Villafranca Tirrena, Italy · 8436 days ago · 135 km deep · 72 km away
Before
- 2.11 km SW of Castroreale, Italy · 8496 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.61 km SW of Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, Italy · 8496 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.632 km NNW of Sparta', Italy · 8499 days ago · 157 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.80 km NNE of Giarre, Italy · 8500 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.711 km SW of Pianoconte, Italy · 8512 days ago · 134 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.61 km E of Falcone, Italy · 8514 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.47 km N of Oliveri, Italy · 8514 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.91 km W of Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, Italy · 8516 days ago · 18 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.76 km NNE of Fondachelli-Fantina, Italy · 8516 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.87 km SW of Leni, Italy · 8518 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.64 km ENE of Finale, Italy · 8519 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.418 km NNW of Sparta', Italy · 8519 days ago · 126 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.79 km WNW of Milazzo, Italy · 8522 days ago · 109 km deep · 60 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c1nq. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:42 PM UTC.