M2.7 earthquake 4 km SW of Rossano, Italy
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 4 km SW of Rossano, Italy on Wed, Jun 4, 2003, 5:43 AM GMT+2 (03:43 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 4 km W of Paludi, Italy. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-06-04 03:43:30 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.552° N, 16.591° 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 usp000bz0f. 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
- 202°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 7
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 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.84 km W of Paludi, Italy · 8523 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.53 km ESE of Lauria, Italy · 8487 days ago · 28 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.44 km N of Castelluccio Superiore, Italy · 8482 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.33 km SW of Cropalati, Italy · 8476 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.61 km WNW of Motta Santa Lucia, Italy · 8472 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
Before
- 2.44 km SSW of Rossano, Italy · 8524 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.30 km NE of Fabrizio, Italy · 8524 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.43 km N of Paludi, Italy · 8525 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.52 km E of Aieta, Italy · 8527 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.35 km SSW of Moliterno, Italy · 8547 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.53 km SSE of Moliterno, Italy · 8548 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.32 km SSW of Cleto, Italy · 8553 days ago · 71 km deep · 66 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bz0f. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:52 PM UTC.