M2.2 earthquake 2 km W of Vergato, Italy
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 2 km W of Vergato, Italy on Fri, Apr 18, 2003, 12:06 AM GMT+2 (22:06 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 6 km WNW of Castel del Rio, Italy. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-04-17 22:06:28 UTC
- Depth
- 12.9 km (8.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 44.278° N, 11.076° 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 usp000bvde. 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
- 259°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 5
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 51 in the 60 days after this one and 53 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.22 km S of Comano, Italy · 8569 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.24 km SSE of Civitella di Romagna, Italy · 8569 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.11 km NNW of Toano, Italy · 8568 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.86 km WNW of Castel del Rio, Italy · 8568 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.26 km SSE of Monterenzio, Italy · 8568 days ago · 16 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.25 km SW of Faenza, Italy · 8568 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.37 km WNW of Sarsina, Italy · 8567 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.63 km NW of Lama, Italy · 8566 days ago · 19 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.14 km NNW of Polinago, Italy · 8565 days ago · 30 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.11 km NNE of Pavullo nel Frignano, Italy · 8564 days ago · 22 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.81 km E of Montese, Italy · 8563 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.05 km NNE of Campo Tizzoro, Italy · 8562 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.05 km NE of Campo Tizzoro, Italy · 8561 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.52 km NW of Cesena, Italy · 8561 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.02 km SSE of Vergato, Italy · 8558 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.22 km SW of Castel d'Aiano, Italy · 8557 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.25 km N of Montefiorino, Italy · 8557 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.20 km NNW of Sillano, Italy · 8556 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.22 km SSW of Torrile, Italy · 8555 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.21 km NW of Sillano, Italy · 8555 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.40 km NE of Sillano, Italy · 8555 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.06 km SSE of Ligonchio, Italy · 8555 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.13 km SW of Berceto, Italy · 8550 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.94 km ENE of Ronta, Italy · 8550 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.34 km NNE of Toano, Italy · 8547 days ago · 19 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.25 km NNE of Toano, Italy · 8547 days ago · 22 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.04 km N of Vernio, Italy · 8546 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.26 km NW of Fontanelice, Italy · 8545 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.15 km NNE of Toano, Italy · 8545 days ago · 21 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.23 km SSE of Carpineti, Italy · 8545 days ago · 25 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.20 km ENE of Toano, Italy · 8543 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.10 km NNE of Sillano, Italy · 8543 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.45 km W of Santa Sofia, Italy · 8542 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.53 km ESE of Roteglia, Italy · 8539 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.91 km WSW of Villa Collemandina, Italy · 8534 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.83 km E of Verghereto, Italy · 8533 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.24 km E of Polinago, Italy · 8529 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.2northern Italy · 8529 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.34 km WSW of Galeata, Italy · 8528 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.04 km WNW of Santa Sofia, Italy · 8528 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.77 km W of Comacchio, Italy · 8527 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.61 km W of Polinago, Italy · 8525 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.13 km W of Fivizzano, Italy · 8524 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.32 km SW of Castel d'Aiano, Italy · 8524 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.34 km ESE of Santa Sofia, Italy · 8524 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.15 km S of Santa Sofia, Italy · 8523 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.12 km WNW of Giuncugnano, Italy · 8517 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.15 km SSE of Firenzuola, Italy · 8516 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.45 km W of Fontanelice, Italy · 8514 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.04 km NNE of Tizzano Val Parma, Italy · 8514 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.55 km S of Berceto, Italy · 8514 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
Before
- 2.14 km NE of Toano, Italy · 8570 days ago · 19 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.55 km WNW of Castel del Rio, Italy · 8570 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.34 km WNW of Castel del Rio, Italy · 8572 days ago · 16 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.82 km ESE of San Michele dei Mucchietti, Italy · 8572 days ago · 24 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.13 km WSW of Fontanelice, Italy · 8573 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.82 km E of Santa Sofia, Italy · 8573 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.41 km W of Santa Sofia, Italy · 8573 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.61 km WSW of Comeana, Italy · 8574 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.11 km SW of Campo Tizzoro, Italy · 8574 days ago · 50 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.71 km E of Montese, Italy · 8576 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.62 km SW of Castel d'Aiano, Italy · 8576 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.41 km NE of Montese, Italy · 8578 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.72 km N of Vergato, Italy · 8580 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.01 km SW of Castel d'Aiano, Italy · 8581 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.11 km WSW of Castel d'Aiano, Italy · 8581 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.72 km NW of Castel d'Aiano, Italy · 8581 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.12 km SSW of Zocca, Italy · 8581 days ago · 17 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.26 km NE of San Piero in Bagno, Italy · 8585 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.02 km ENE of Portico e San Benedetto, Italy · 8585 days ago · 28 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.03 km NNW of Chiusi della Verna, Italy · 8585 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
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