M1.8 earthquake 7 km ESE of Badenweiler, Germany
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 7 km ESE of Badenweiler, Germany on Thu, Dec 28, 2000, 8:42 PM GMT+1 (19:42 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 1 km ESE of Pfaffenheim, France. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-12-28 19:42:12 UTC
- Depth
- 2.0 km (1.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.767° N, 7.764° 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.
- Stations used
- 7
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.51 km ESE of Pfaffenheim, France · 9383 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.40 km NNW of Worben, Switzerland · 9374 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.54 km NW of Delémont, Switzerland · 9372 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.06 km SE of Seebach, Germany · 9367 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.40 km N of Sundhouse, France · 9363 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a6v0. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:24 PM UTC.