M2.9 earthquake 0 km SSW of Sankt Andrä, Austria
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 0 km SSW of Sankt Andrä, Austria on Wed, May 28, 2003, 6:17 AM GMT+2 (04:17 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 3 km WNW of Niederwölz, Austria. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-05-28 04:17:57 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 46.764° N, 14.816° E
- Region
- Austria
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (IV) at St. Andra.
From the USGS event page for usp000byc7. 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
- 74°
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.83 km WSW of Aibl, Austria · 8526 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.82 km SW of Zagorje ob Savi, Slovenia · 8525 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.90 km SW of Zagorje ob Savi, Slovenia · 8525 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.9Austria-Slovenia border region · 8523 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.91 km ESE of Ravne, Slovenia · 8522 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.82 km SE of Sankt Peter ob Judenburg, Austria · 8515 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.61 km E of Šoštanj, Slovenia · 8514 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.22 km NNE of Krakaudorf, Austria · 8514 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.62 km ESE of Keutschach am See, Austria · 8513 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.24 km WSW of Radovljica, Slovenia · 8501 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.93 km WSW of Litija, Slovenia · 8494 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.78 km NE of Cerkno, Slovenia · 8480 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.03 km WNW of Litija, Slovenia · 8480 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.73 km WNW of Niederwölz, Austria · 8474 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.41 km S of Sankt Lorenzen bei Scheifling, Austria · 8474 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.12 km WSW of Litija, Slovenia · 8473 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.410 km WSW of Kranjska Gora, Slovenia · 8473 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
Before
- 2.33 km ESE of Šentvid pri Sti?ni, Slovenia · 8528 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.24 km SW of Rade?e, Slovenia · 8530 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.11 km E of Slovenski Javornik, Slovenia · 8533 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.8Austria-Slovenia border region · 8534 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.83 km WSW of Aibl, Austria · 8535 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.10 km NNW of Keutschach am See, Austria · 8539 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.33 km S of Pod?etrtek, Slovenia · 8542 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.75 km SSE of Pod?etrtek, Slovenia · 8543 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.70 km S of Trbovlje, Slovenia · 8546 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.23 km NNE of Zgornje Pirni?e, Slovenia · 8554 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000byc7. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:32 AM UTC.