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M1.9 earthquake 6 km WSW of Staffa, Italy

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 6 km WSW of Staffa, Italy on Wed, Apr 2, 2003, 3:19 AM GMT+2 (01:19 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 2 km SSW of Varen, Switzerland. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2003-04-02 01:19:07 UTC
Depth
2.0 km (1.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
45.948° N, 7.883° 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 usp000bu4t. 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
201°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
6

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.76 km WNW of Staffa, Italy · 8587 days ago · 0 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 2.13 km NW of Turtmann, Switzerland · 8581 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 2.59 km NW of Alagna Valsesia, Italy · 8579 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  4. 2.07 km NNE of Leysin, Switzerland · 8573 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 2.75 km ENE of Abondance, France · 8571 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 2.24 km NW of Orsières, Switzerland · 8564 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 4.32 km SSW of Varen, Switzerland · 8560 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 1.81 km SSW of San Mauro Torinese, Italy · 8558 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 1.85 km SE of Bionaz, Italy · 8558 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
  10. 2.23 km SSW of Front, Italy · 8557 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 2.41 km S of Saint-Vincent, Italy · 8551 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 1.96 km SSW of Champéry, Switzerland · 8548 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 1.97 km WSW of Staffa, Italy · 8546 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 2.94 km W of Traversella, Italy · 8546 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 2.37 km WNW of Traversella, Italy · 8544 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 2.11 km SW of Valgrisenche, Italy · 8543 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 2.08 km N of Saint-Rhémy, Italy · 8533 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 1.66 km N of Leukerbad, Switzerland · 8528 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away

Before

  1. 2.38 km NNE of Re, Italy · 8591 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 2.21 km ENE of La Salle, Italy · 8600 days ago · 0 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 2.41 km N of Rivarossa, Italy · 8604 days ago · 32 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 2.82 km S of Busano, Italy · 8604 days ago · 27 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 2.49 km SW of Evolène, Switzerland · 8608 days ago · 0 km deep · 38 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bu4t. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:43 PM UTC.