M2.8 earthquake 3 km W of Grabs, Switzerland
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 3 km W of Grabs, Switzerland on Tue, Aug 15, 2000, 9:55 PM GMT+2 (19:55 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 3 km ENE of Singen, Germany. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-08-15 19:55:33 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.176° N, 9.394° 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.22 km E of Weggis, Switzerland · 9542 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.53 km ENE of Vaduz, Liechtenstein · 9540 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.53 km ENE of Singen, Germany · 9535 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.06 km S of Gramais, Austria · 9525 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.42 km SSE of Warth, Austria · 9519 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.13 km SSW of Kreuzlingen, Switzerland · 9492 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.011 km WSW of Tubre, Italy · 9489 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 usp0009yhy. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:42 AM UTC.