M2.5 earthquake 3 km WNW of Bitz, Germany
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 3 km WNW of Bitz, Germany on Fri, Sep 22, 2000, 9:32 AM GMT+2 (07:32 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 1 km ENE of Eichstetten, Germany. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-09-22 07:32:27 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.253° N, 9.049° 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
- 13
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.6France · 9506 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.13 km SSW of Kreuzlingen, Switzerland · 9492 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.31 km ENE of Eichstetten, Germany · 9454 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a0ne. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:16 AM UTC.