M2.8 earthquake 6 km ESE of Balingen, Germany
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 6 km ESE of Balingen, Germany on Wed, Jan 10, 1979, 4:50 PM GMT+1 (15:50 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
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1979-01-10 15:50:54 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.246° N, 8.930° 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
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.70 km ESE of Dotternhausen, Germany · 17410 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.13 km NNW of Bodelshausen, Germany · 17407 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.51 km S of Sexau, Germany · 17406 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.81 km ENE of Sankt Johann, Germany · 17390 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000ycd. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:24 PM UTC.