M3.0 earthquake 1 km SSE of Bodelshausen, Germany
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 1 km SSE of Bodelshausen, Germany on Sun, Dec 24, 1978, 5:56 PM GMT+1 (16:56 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 3 km NNW of Bodelshausen, Germany. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1978-12-24 16:56:21 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.378° N, 8.985° E
- Region
- Germany
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
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
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.86 km ESE of Balingen, Germany · 17422 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.70 km ESE of Dotternhausen, Germany · 17410 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.13 km NNW of Bodelshausen, Germany · 17407 days ago · 20 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.51 km S of Sexau, Germany · 17406 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.81 km ENE of Sankt Johann, Germany · 17390 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000y3c. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:54 PM UTC.