M3.3 earthquake 2 km SE of Hechingen, Germany
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 2 km SE of Hechingen, Germany on Sat, Oct 7, 1978, 10:36 AM GMT+1 (09:36 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 0 km WSW of Jungingen, Germany. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1978-10-07 09:36:52 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.335° 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
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.70 km WSW of Jungingen, Germany · 17514 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.72 km SW of Deißlingen, Germany · 17505 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.53 km SSW of Rosenfeld, Germany · 17467 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
Before
- 3.62 km SSE of Bitz, Germany · 17518 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.01 km N of Bitz, Germany · 17525 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.02 km SSW of Jungingen, Germany · 17525 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.22 km WSW of Schömberg, Germany · 17528 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.23 km NE of Deilingen, Germany · 17529 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.13 km E of Bisingen, Germany · 17534 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000wwq. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:43 AM UTC.