M1.9 earthquake 5 km S of Obergäu, Austria
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 5 km S of Obergäu, Austria on Wed, Aug 13, 2003, 10:51 AM GMT+2 (08:51 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 5 km S of Rennweg am Katschberg, Austria. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-08-13 08:51:34 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.539° N, 13.187° E
- Region
- Austria
- 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 usp000c4re. 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
- 164°
- 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.75 km S of Rennweg am Katschberg, Austria · 8441 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.56 km ENE of Gmünd, Austria · 8441 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.53 km S of Rennweg am Katschberg, Austria · 8440 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.38 km ENE of Gmünd, Austria · 8440 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.45 km NE of Gmünd, Austria · 8438 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.28 km SW of Bad Aussee, Austria · 8417 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.44 km NNW of Niederwölz, Austria · 8414 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.93 km NW of Niederwölz, Austria · 8414 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.50 km NNE of Sankt Martin bei Lofer, Austria · 8401 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c4re. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:39 PM UTC.