M2.5 earthquake southern Italy
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck in southern Italy on Tue, Jul 8, 2003, 7:04 PM GMT+2 (17:04 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 7 km ENE of Sannicandro Garganico, Italy. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-07-08 17:04:09 UTC
- Depth
- 9.5 km (5.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.713° N, 14.921° 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 usp000c208. 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.
- Station coverage gap
- 154°
- 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: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.10 km SSE of San Giorgio la Molara, Italy · 8484 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.21 km SE of Colle Sannita, Italy · 8484 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.81 km N of Celenza Valfortore, Italy · 8474 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.87 km ENE of Sannicandro Garganico, Italy · 8474 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.010 km ENE of Sannicandro Garganico, Italy · 8474 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.38 km ENE of Sannicandro Garganico, Italy · 8473 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.83 km NNW of Provvidenti, Italy · 8473 days ago · 12 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.47 km SW of Cagnano Varano, Italy · 8473 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.76 km ENE of Sannicandro Garganico, Italy · 8473 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.65 km SSE of Sannicandro Garganico, Italy · 8472 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.28 km W of Cagnano Varano, Italy · 8471 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.31 km SSE of Provvidenti, Italy · 8471 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.19 km WNW of Cagnano Varano, Italy · 8468 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.62 km ESE of Provvidenti, Italy · 8468 days ago · 14 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.41 km S of Provvidenti, Italy · 8466 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.71 km ENE of Visciano, Italy · 8456 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.37 km S of Serracapriola, Italy · 8453 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.416 km NW of Rodi Garganico, Italy · 8451 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.33 km SE of Guardialfiera, Italy · 8447 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.32 km NNW of Provvidenti, Italy · 8444 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.51 km NE of Casacalenda, Italy · 8444 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.76 km SW of San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy · 8438 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.04 km SSE of Torremaggiore, Italy · 8438 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.11 km N of Provvidenti, Italy · 8431 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away
Before
- 2.82 km NE of Settefrati, Italy · 8490 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.64 km WSW of Bonefro, Italy · 8492 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.56 km ESE of Isole Tremiti, Italy · 8503 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.13 km W of Colletorto, Italy · 8512 days ago · 11 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.511 km SW of Isole Tremiti, Italy · 8517 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.84 km SW of Bonefro, Italy · 8519 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c208. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:00 PM UTC.