M2.6 earthquake 3 km NNE of Ayent, Switzerland
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 3 km NNE of Ayent, Switzerland on Fri, Nov 10, 2000, 9:55 PM GMT+1 (20:55 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 14 km W of Airolo, Switzerland. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-11-10 20:55:46 UTC
- Depth
- 2.0 km (1.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 46.312° N, 7.427° E
- Region
- Switzerland
- 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.
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.73 km W of Champorcher, Italy · 9443 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.23 km N of Ayent, Switzerland · 9443 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.714 km W of Airolo, Switzerland · 9437 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.73 km S of Noasca, Italy · 9429 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.20 km ENE of Aigle, Switzerland · 9422 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.32 km WNW of Evionnaz, Switzerland · 9416 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.26 km WSW of Trasquera, Italy · 9404 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.51 km SE of Vernayaz, Switzerland · 9398 days ago · 2 km deep · 35 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a3ch. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:50 AM UTC.