Italy earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 46 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 46 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy on Tue, Dec 2, 2003, 4:00 PM GMT+1 (15:00 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 39 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2003-12-02 15:00:48 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
38.471° N, 13.795° 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 usp000cec2. 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
222°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
4

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 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.654 km NNW of Cefalù, Italy · 8340 days ago · 19 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 2.546 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8340 days ago · 16 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.856 km ENE of Ustica, Italy · 8338 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 2.4Sicily, Italy · 8337 days ago · 64 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 2.343 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8334 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 3.039 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8327 days ago · 14 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 2.332 km NNE of Sferracavallo, Italy · 8293 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 3.036 km E of Ustica, Italy · 8290 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 2.824 km WNW of Leni, Italy · 8287 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away

Before

  1. 3.037 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8345 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 2.746 km NNE of Santa Flavia, Italy · 8360 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 2.763 km WNW of Leni, Italy · 8364 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 3.660 km E of Ustica, Italy · 8369 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 2.516 km WSW of Leni, Italy · 8369 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cec2. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 3:48 AM UTC.