Slovenia earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 2 km NE of Pod?etrtek, Slovenia

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 2 km NE of Pod?etrtek, Slovenia on Sun, Apr 20, 2003, 9:02 PM GMT+2 (19:02 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 6 km ENE of Mirna Pe?, Slovenia. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2003-04-20 19:02:48 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
46.174° N, 15.617° E
Region
Slovenia
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt (IV) in the epicentral area.

From the USGS event page for usp000bvme. 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

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Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap
86°
Stations used
21

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.45 km W of Oroslavje, Croatia · 8566 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 1.81 km E of Radoboj, Croatia · 8557 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 2.61 km NE of Donji Stupnik, Croatia · 8556 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 2.23 km NNE of Zgornje Pirni?e, Slovenia · 8555 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 1.70 km S of Trbovlje, Slovenia · 8548 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  6. 3.75 km SSE of Pod?etrtek, Slovenia · 8544 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  7. 2.33 km S of Pod?etrtek, Slovenia · 8543 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 1.73 km WSW of Klanjec, Croatia · 8540 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 2.83 km WSW of Aibl, Austria · 8536 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 2.412 km NNE of Ogulin, Croatia · 8534 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 2.24 km SW of Rade?e, Slovenia · 8531 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  12. 2.33 km ESE of Šentvid pri Sti?ni, Slovenia · 8530 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 2.90 km SSW of Sankt Andrä, Austria · 8529 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 1.82 km N of Krapina, Croatia · 8528 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 1.83 km WSW of Aibl, Austria · 8527 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 1.82 km SW of Zagorje ob Savi, Slovenia · 8527 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 1.90 km SW of Zagorje ob Savi, Slovenia · 8527 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 4.06 km ENE of Mirna Pe?, Slovenia · 8526 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  19. 2.49 km NE of Metlika, Slovenia · 8526 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  20. 1.9Austria-Slovenia border region · 8524 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  21. 1.91 km ESE of Ravne, Slovenia · 8523 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  22. 1.61 km E of Šoštanj, Slovenia · 8516 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away

Before

  1. 1.63 km ESE of Ravne, Slovenia · 8569 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 1.92 km SSE of Rogatec, Slovenia · 8569 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  3. 2.44 km ESE of Kašina, Croatia · 8572 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 1.61 km N of Metlika, Slovenia · 8572 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 1.74 km SW of Pregrada, Croatia · 8573 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 1.83 km SW of Žužemberk, Slovenia · 8574 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 1.92 km E of Pregrada, Croatia · 8576 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 2.34 km W of Wundschuh, Austria · 8581 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 1.84 km SW of Morav?e, Slovenia · 8586 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 2.10 km N of Šempeter v Savinj. Dolini, Slovenia · 8590 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 2.811 km W of Karlovac, Croatia · 8592 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 1.92 km S of Oplotnica, Slovenia · 8593 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 1.81 km NNE of Krapina, Croatia · 8594 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  14. 2.014 km WSW of Karlovac, Croatia · 8596 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 2.314 km SE of ?rnomelj, Slovenia · 8596 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bvme. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:35 PM UTC.