M2.0 earthquake France
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck in France on Thu, Dec 28, 2000, 9:08 AM GMT+1 (08:08 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 4 km NW of Delémont, Switzerland. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-12-28 08:08:44 UTC
- Depth
- 2.0 km (1.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.185° N, 6.156° E
- Region
- France
- 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
- 4
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.11 km W of Boussières, France · 9386 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.40 km NNW of Worben, Switzerland · 9375 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.54 km NW of Delémont, Switzerland · 9373 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.31 km NW of Saint-Vit, France · 9362 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.69 km SSE of Échenoz-la-Méline, France · 9358 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a6u7. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:11 PM UTC.