M2.1 earthquake 2 km ESE of Pignola, Italy
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 2 km ESE of Pignola, Italy on Wed, May 7, 2003, 10:03 PM GMT+2 (20:03 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 1 km E of Caposele, Italy. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-05-07 20:03:37 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 40.567° N, 15.816° 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 usp000bwt2. 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
- 258°, 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: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.32 km NE of Polla, Italy · 8549 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.02 km NNW of Brienza, Italy · 8549 days ago · 19 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.53 km SSE of Moliterno, Italy · 8548 days ago · 21 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.35 km SSW of Moliterno, Italy · 8548 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.11 km E of Caposele, Italy · 8535 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.23 km SSW of Baragiano, Italy · 8534 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.10 km NNW of Ariola, Italy · 8533 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.41 km WSW of Scalo Romagnano al Monte, Italy · 8533 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.52 km E of Aieta, Italy · 8528 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.02 km ENE of Tramonti, Italy · 8527 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.74 km W of Miglionico, Italy · 8525 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.53 km W of Miglionico, Italy · 8524 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.43 km ENE of Palomonte, Italy · 8521 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.23 km WSW of Castelnuovo di Conza, Italy · 8513 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.30 km W of Abriola, Italy · 8513 days ago · 21 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.45 km WSW of Moliterno, Italy · 8495 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.74 km E of Pignola, Italy · 8492 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
Before
- 2.26 km NE of Lagonegro, Italy · 8554 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.11 km NNE of Accettura, Italy · 8555 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.33 km WNW of San Gregorio Magno, Italy · 8558 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.33 km NW of Caposele, Italy · 8559 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.33 km SSE of Calitri, Italy · 8563 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.42 km S of Moliterno, Italy · 8563 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.54 km SSW of Castelgrande, Italy · 8563 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.01 km NE of San Gregorio Magno, Italy · 8563 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.24 km NE of Marsico Nuovo, Italy · 8568 days ago · 20 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.22 km NNW of Caposele, Italy · 8572 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.38 km W of Castelsaraceno, Italy · 8573 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.73 km N of Lagonegro, Italy · 8576 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.31 km ESE of Vietri di Potenza, Italy · 8576 days ago · 28 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.64 km ESE of Laviano, Italy · 8580 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.41 km W of Potenza, Italy · 8580 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.52 km NW of Moliterno, Italy · 8580 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bwt2. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:39 AM UTC.