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M2.4 earthquake 2 km SSW of Pignola, Italy

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 2 km SSW of Pignola, Italy on Sun, Jul 6, 2003, 10:10 PM GMT+2 (20:10 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 3 km NE of Savoia di Lucania, Italy. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2003-07-06 20:10:55 UTC
Depth
27.1 km (16.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
40.550° N, 15.774° 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 usp000c1ub. 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
249°, 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: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.55 km ESE of Potenza, Italy · 8491 days ago · 17 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 2.42 km ENE of Potenza, Italy · 8491 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 2.53 km ESE of Lauria, Italy · 8487 days ago · 28 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 2.64 km SSE of Canosa di Puglia, Italy · 8484 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 2.52 km SSE of Tito, Italy · 8484 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  6. 2.14 km WNW of Scalo di Baragiano, Italy · 8483 days ago · 22 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 2.44 km N of Castelluccio Superiore, Italy · 8482 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 2.76 km SE of Grottole, Italy · 8477 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 2.93 km NE of Savoia di Lucania, Italy · 8470 days ago · 17 km deep · 17 km away
  10. 2.70 km NNE of Castelnuovo di Conza, Italy · 8468 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 2.92 km S of Baragiano, Italy · 8456 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  12. 2.26 km SSE of Ruoti, Italy · 8456 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 2.62 km NE of Bella, Italy · 8455 days ago · 42 km deep · 31 km away
  14. 2.62 km SSE of Ruoti, Italy · 8455 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  15. 2.54 km SSE of Ruoti, Italy · 8454 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  16. 2.26 km E of Avigliano, Italy · 8454 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  17. 2.15 km NNE of Viggiano, Italy · 8445 days ago · 16 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 2.37 km WSW of Castelluccio Superiore, Italy · 8442 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 2.52 km WNW of Bella, Italy · 8437 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away

Before

  1. 2.74 km E of Pignola, Italy · 8491 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 2.45 km WSW of Moliterno, Italy · 8494 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 2.30 km W of Abriola, Italy · 8512 days ago · 21 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 2.23 km WSW of Castelnuovo di Conza, Italy · 8513 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c1ub. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:32 PM UTC.