M2.4 earthquake 0 km NE of Taipana, Italy
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 0 km NE of Taipana, Italy on Sat, Nov 22, 2003, 1:50 PM GMT+1 (12:50 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 1 km SSW of Pivka, Slovenia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-11-22 12:50:32 UTC
- Depth
- 7.4 km (4.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 46.255° N, 13.349° 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 usp000cdnu. 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
- 109°
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.512 km W of Ilirska Bistrica, Slovenia · 8347 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.83 km NW of Taipana, Italy · 8347 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.58 km WSW of Postojna, Slovenia · 8342 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.78 km SSW of Pivka, Slovenia · 8340 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.31 km SSW of Pivka, Slovenia · 8340 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.06 km SE of Pivka, Slovenia · 8340 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.02 km WSW of Treppo Grande, Italy · 8337 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.08 km SW of Forni di Sopra, Italy · 8330 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.86 km NE of Fregona, Italy · 8329 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.60 km ENE of Santa Lucia di Piave, Italy · 8329 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.35 km N of Fregona, Italy · 8329 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.19 km ENE of Pivka, Slovenia · 8329 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.85 km NE of Fregona, Italy · 8328 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.14 km S of Faak am See, Austria · 8328 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.35 km W of Cerkno, Slovenia · 8325 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.73 km ESE of Claut, Italy · 8325 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.42 km ENE of Zgornje Pirni?e, Slovenia · 8319 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.03 km SSW of Vodice, Slovenia · 8319 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.19 km ESE of Bovec, Slovenia · 8311 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.23 km E of Claut, Italy · 8310 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.25 km ENE of Claut, Italy · 8310 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.97 km SSE of Bohinjska Bistrica, Slovenia · 8309 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.92 km SW of Finkenstein am Faaker See, Austria · 8309 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
Before
- 2.72 km S of Meduno, Italy · 8353 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.14 km S of Schlaiten, Austria · 8358 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.90 km SSW of Spittal an der Drau, Austria · 8358 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.8Austria-Italy-Slovenia border region · 8361 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.93 km SSW of Forni di Sotto, Italy · 8363 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.93 km WNW of Forni di Sotto, Italy · 8363 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.62 km NNW of Dobrova, Slovenia · 8370 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.60.2 km SSE of Clodig, Italy · 8370 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.52 km S of Venzone, Italy · 8373 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cdnu. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:54 PM UTC.