M2.5 earthquake 4 km NNW of Tonnarella, Italy
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 4 km NNW of Tonnarella, Italy on Sun, Oct 12, 2003, 5:59 AM GMT+2 (03:59 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 5 km NNW of Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, 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
- 2003-10-12 03:59:01 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.168° N, 15.096° 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 usp000ca6u. 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
- 107°
- Stations used
- 8
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 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.42 km NE of Linera, Italy · 8384 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.51 km N of Santa Maria la Stella, Italy · 8384 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.63 km S of Carruba, Italy · 8384 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.629 km WNW of Leni, Italy · 8374 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.516 km WSW of Leni, Italy · 8369 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.79 km NNW of Scilla, Italy · 8367 days ago · 38 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.83 km WSW of Joppolo, Italy · 8353 days ago · 186 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.82 km SE of Tortorici, Italy · 8348 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.05 km NNW of Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, Italy · 8343 days ago · 141 km deep · 8 km away
Before
- 2.32 km W of Belpasso, Italy · 8398 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.32 km NNW of Santa Domenica Vittoria, Italy · 8410 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.662 km N of Cefalù, Italy · 8412 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.558 km W of Leni, Italy · 8412 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.557 km WNW of Leni, Italy · 8412 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.56 km NNE of Palagonia, Italy · 8416 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.35 km ENE of Canneto, Italy · 8418 days ago · 150 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.32 km ESE of Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea, Italy · 8420 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ca6u. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 4:07 AM UTC.