Italy earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 1 km SSE of Rodì, Italy

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 1 km SSE of Rodì, Italy on Mon, Apr 21, 2003, 3:17 PM GMT+2 (13:17 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 7 km N of Oliveri, Italy. This one was a foreshock.

Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto forecastMore in Italy

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2003-04-21 13:17:28 UTC
Depth
10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.100° N, 15.176° 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 usp000bvp8. 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
160°
Stations used
6

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.30 km NNE of Rodì, Italy · 8567 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 2.41 km ESE of Rodì, Italy · 8567 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.52 km NE of Rodì, Italy · 8567 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 2.71 km NNE of Terme, Italy · 8567 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  5. 2.21 km W of Castroreale, Italy · 8567 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 2.44 km SSW of Castroreale, Italy · 8567 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 2.52 km S of Rodì, Italy · 8565 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 2.425 km NNW of Sparta', Italy · 8555 days ago · 122 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 3.022 km NNW of Santa Domenica, Italy · 8553 days ago · 219 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 2.343 km S of Palizzi Marina, Italy · 8551 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 2.55 km NNW of Reggio Calabria, Italy · 8551 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
  12. 2.320 km NNW of Tropea, Italy · 8546 days ago · 70 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 2.24 km N of Reggio Calabria, Italy · 8538 days ago · 75 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 2.43 km S of Rodì, Italy · 8535 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  15. 2.51 km ESE of San Giovanni, Italy · 8534 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 2.51 km N of Giarre, Italy · 8534 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  17. 2.13 km NNE of Santo Stefano in Aspromonte, Italy · 8532 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 2.714 km SSE of Lipari, Italy · 8526 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  19. 2.79 km WNW of Milazzo, Italy · 8522 days ago · 109 km deep · 18 km away
  20. 2.418 km NNW of Sparta', Italy · 8520 days ago · 126 km deep · 47 km away
  21. 2.812 km WNW of Leni, Italy · 8519 days ago · 295 km deep · 70 km away
  22. 2.617 km NNE of Malfa, Italy · 8519 days ago · 134 km deep · 73 km away
  23. 2.64 km ENE of Finale, Italy · 8519 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  24. 2.87 km SW of Leni, Italy · 8519 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
  25. 2.76 km NNE of Fondachelli-Fantina, Italy · 8517 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  26. 2.91 km W of Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, Italy · 8517 days ago · 18 km deep · 6 km away
  27. 3.47 km N of Oliveri, Italy · 8514 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  28. 2.61 km E of Falcone, Italy · 8514 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  29. 2.711 km SW of Pianoconte, Italy · 8512 days ago · 134 km deep · 44 km away

Before

  1. 2.31 km SSW of San Filippo del Mela, Italy · 8576 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 2.639 km E of Augusta, Italy · 8578 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 2.52 km ESE of Paravati, Italy · 8583 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 2.53 km NW of Milazzo, Italy · 8591 days ago · 106 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 2.423 km NNW of Sparta', Italy · 8592 days ago · 116 km deep · 49 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bvp8. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:46 PM UTC.