M2.5 earthquake 3 km W of Platì, Italy
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 3 km W of Platì, Italy on Sun, Aug 10, 2003, 3:41 PM GMT+2 (13:41 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 38 km S of Capo Rizzuto, Italy. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-08-10 13:41:05 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.223° N, 16.004° 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 usp000c4jn. 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
- 137°
- Stations used
- 5
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.81 km N of Sambiase, Italy · 8454 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.32 km ESE of Taormina, Italy · 8446 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.45 km SE of Letojanni, Italy · 8444 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.63 km NW of Amato, Italy · 8437 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.41 km NW of Miglierina, Italy · 8437 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.49 km NNW of Villafranca Tirrena, Italy · 8436 days ago · 135 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.423 km SSE of Roghudi, Italy · 8425 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.560 km ENE of Augusta, Italy · 8422 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.74 km E of Santa Eufemia Lamezia, Italy · 8420 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.32 km ESE of Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea, Italy · 8419 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.35 km ENE of Canneto, Italy · 8418 days ago · 150 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.32 km NNW of Santa Domenica Vittoria, Italy · 8410 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.038 km S of Capo Rizzuto, Italy · 8396 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
Before
- 2.71 km SE of Linera, Italy · 8467 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.53 km NNW of Acireale, Italy · 8467 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.61 km WNW of Motta Santa Lucia, Italy · 8472 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.46 km WNW of Milo, Italy · 8473 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.322 km ESE of Letojanni, Italy · 8474 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.358 km S of Palizzi Marina, Italy · 8476 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.61 km SE of Carruba, Italy · 8479 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.41 km WNW of Piedimonte Etneo, Italy · 8480 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.02 km WSW of Villa San Giovanni, Italy · 8481 days ago · 12 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.716 km ESE of Carruba, Italy · 8483 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.20 km WSW of Castroreale, Italy · 8486 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c4jn. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:01 PM UTC.