M2.7 earthquake 2 km S of Oberaich, Austria
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 2 km S of Oberaich, Austria on Wed, May 19, 2004, 4:11 PM GMT+2 (14:11 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 1 km NNW of Lackenbach, Austria. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2004-05-19 14:11:55 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.381° N, 15.213° E
- Region
- Austria
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (IV) at Bruck an der Mur.
From the USGS event page for usp000cvjz. 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
- 110°
- 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.75 km E of Hall bei Admont, Austria · 8164 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.34 km ESE of Loich, Austria · 8164 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.50 km SSE of Otterthal, Austria · 8163 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.1Austria · 8160 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.12 km S of Pirching am Traubenberg, Austria · 8155 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.21 km NNW of Lackenbach, Austria · 8132 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.22 km SE of Schwarzenbach, Austria · 8132 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
Before
- 2.41 km SSW of Oberaich, Austria · 8172 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.4Austria · 8172 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.40 km SW of Utschtal, Austria · 8172 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.54 km N of Ribnica na Pohorju, Slovenia · 8175 days ago · 11 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.1Austria · 8197 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cvjz. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:58 PM UTC.