M2.5 earthquake 0 km NNE of Buchs, Switzerland
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 0 km NNE of Buchs, Switzerland on Sat, Jun 3, 2000, 5:33 AM GMT+2 (03:33 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 1 km NNW of Warth, Austria. 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 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-06-03 03:33:38 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.170° N, 9.480° 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
- 11
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.83 km N of Warth, Austria · 9617 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.12 km ENE of Warth, Austria · 9617 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.411 km NNE of Isolaccia, Italy · 9611 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.01 km NNW of Warth, Austria · 9610 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.15 km NE of Isolaccia, Italy · 9600 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.63 km NNW of Herdwangen-Schönach, Germany · 9597 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.04 km NE of Saulgau, Germany · 9587 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.12 km NNE of Saulgau, Germany · 9587 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.56 km NNE of Schiers, Switzerland · 9575 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.63 km NW of Lech, Austria · 9571 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009tv2. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:36 AM UTC.