Reported by EMSC25d ago
M2.5 earthquake in Austria
Wednesday, September 2, 2026, 00:18:20 UTC · 47.960°N, 16.320°E
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck in Austria on Wednesday, September 2, 2026, 00:18:20 UTC, at a depth of 3.0 km (shallow).
- Magnitude
- 2.5
- Minor · m
- Depth
- 3 km
- Shallow
- Reported by
- EMSC
- Agency BUD
- Nearest tracker
- 240 km
- from Zagreb
Outlined circle: this earthquake
In context
How big was it, and why here?
Energy released
85 kg of TNT
That is about 1/177,558 of the Hiroshima bomb. A magnitude 5.0 releases about 5,623 times more energy.
Tectonic setting
567 km
from the nearest mapped plate boundary, between the North American and Pacific plates. Earthquakes this far from a boundary happen on faults inside a plate, often less frequently but sometimes strongly.
Depth: shallow
3 km
Shallow earthquakes (under 70 km) produce the strongest surface shaking for their size, so they are the ones most likely to cause damage near the epicenter.
After the main event
Aftershocks within 50 km
USGS and EMSC have not published any M2.5+ earthquake within 50 km since this event.
Regional history
Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km
USGS lists 39 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
- 6.53 km SW of Prato, ItalyMay 6, 1976 · 291 km SW of this epicenter
- 6.42 km WSW of Petrinja, CroatiaDecember 29, 2020 · 282 km S of this epicenter
- 6.05 km NNE of Isola, ItalySeptember 15, 1976 · 300 km SW of this epicenter
- 6.04 km SE of Zuglio, ItalyMarch 27, 1928 · 300 km SW of this epicenter
- 6.07 km ESE of Pokupsko, CroatiaOctober 8, 1909 · 278 km S of this epicenter
- 5.97 km ESE of Legrad, CroatiaMarch 27, 1938 · 193 km S of this epicenter
- 5.84 km WNW of Sunja, CroatiaJanuary 2, 1906 · 287 km S of this epicenter
- 5.83 km W of Ecser, HungaryJanuary 12, 1956 · 229 km E of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 31 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 1,111 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1976M6.5
Ne, Balkans Nw: Slovenia: Nw
6 May 1976 · 291 km away · intensity X
978 deaths$3.6 billion damage
- 1763M6.2
Gyor; Czechoslovakia: Komarom
28 Jun 1763 · 143 km away · intensity IX
83 deathsLimited damage (under $1M)
- 1976M6.0
Northeastern
15 Sep 1976 · 300 km away · intensity IX
11 deathsModerate damage ($1–5M)
- 2022M2.8
Silesian: Jastrzebie-Zdroj
23 Apr 2022 · 284 km away
10 deaths
- 2020M6.4
Croatia: Petrinja
29 Dec 2020 · 282 km away · intensity IX
8 deaths$4.2 billion damage
- 1895M6.1
Slovenia: Ljubljana
14 Apr 1895 · 249 km away · intensity IX
7 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.