M2.3 earthquake 8 km NNE of Re, Italy
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 8 km NNE of Re, Italy on Sat, Mar 29, 2003, 11:44 PM GMT+1 (22:44 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 2 km SSW of Varen, Switzerland. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-03-29 22:44:27 UTC
- Depth
- 8.0 km (5.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 46.200° N, 8.600° 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 usp000btu6. 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
- 98°
- Stations used
- 15
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.96 km WSW of Staffa, Italy · 8587 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.76 km WNW of Staffa, Italy · 8587 days ago · 0 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.13 km NW of Turtmann, Switzerland · 8580 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.59 km NW of Alagna Valsesia, Italy · 8578 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.32 km SSW of Varen, Switzerland · 8560 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.85 km SE of Bionaz, Italy · 8557 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.37 km WSW of Linthal, Switzerland · 8552 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.41 km S of Saint-Vincent, Italy · 8550 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.97 km WSW of Staffa, Italy · 8545 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000btu6. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:39 PM UTC.