M2.5 earthquake 1 km NNW of Rohrberg, Austria
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 1 km NNW of Rohrberg, Austria on Thu, May 8, 2003, 5:38 AM GMT+2 (03:38 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 2 km SSE of Kolsassberg, Austria. 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 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-05-08 03:38:06 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.247° N, 11.906° E
- Region
- Austria
- 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 usp000bwtv. 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
- 55°
- Stations used
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.02 km SSE of Kolsassberg, Austria · 8545 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.73 km S of Viehhofen, Austria · 8539 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.40 km SW of Aldrans, Austria · 8511 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.04 km SW of Innervillgraten, Austria · 8495 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.46 km SSE of Sesto, Italy · 8489 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
Before
- 2.92 km NNE of Rohrberg, Austria · 8549 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.91 km SSE of Stummerberg, Austria · 8549 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.51 km NNE of Mutters, Austria · 8563 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.62 km W of Neustift im Stubaital, Austria · 8566 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.59 km WNW of Moso in Passiria, Italy · 8571 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bwtv. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:16 PM UTC.