M2.7 earthquake 4 km WNW of Lepsény, Hungary
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 4 km WNW of Lepsény, Hungary on Thu, Aug 15, 1985, 10:40 PM GMT+2 (20:40 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 4 km S of Berhida, Hungary. 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), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-08-15 20:40:10 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.011° N, 18.191° E
- Region
- Hungary
- 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
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.74 km S of Berhida, Hungary · 15013 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.76 km N of Balatonszabadi, Hungary · 15013 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.31 km E of Balatonszabadi, Hungary · 15012 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.40 km NE of Hajmáskér, Hungary · 15012 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.62 km NW of Berhida, Hungary · 15010 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.96 km WSW of Ádánd, Hungary · 15010 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.73 km WSW of Pétfürd?, Hungary · 15010 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.23 km NNW of Balatonkenese, Hungary · 14999 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.36 km S of Balatonkenese, Hungary · 14993 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.82 km NNE of Balatonkenese, Hungary · 14988 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
Before
- 4.35 km ESE of Csopak, Hungary · 15013 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.85 km WSW of Lepsény, Hungary · 15013 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.94 km NE of Balatonkenese, Hungary · 15013 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.73 km NE of Balatonkenese, Hungary · 15013 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.51 km SSW of Balatonalmádi, Hungary · 15014 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.43 km SE of Balatonalmádi, Hungary · 15014 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.43 km WNW of Berhida, Hungary · 15014 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 5.22 km ENE of Balatonalmádi, Hungary · 15014 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.72 km S of ?si, Hungary · 15014 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.71 km SSW of Várpalota, Hungary · 15014 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.22 km E of Balatonalmádi, Hungary · 15014 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002hsw. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:21 PM UTC.