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M3.8 earthquake 1 km WNW of Langendorf, Switzerland

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 1 km WNW of Langendorf, Switzerland on Mon, Nov 13, 2000, 5:30 PM GMT+1 (16:30 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.8 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2000-11-13 16:30:40 UTC
Depth
2.0 km (1.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
47.224° N, 7.495° E
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

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From the USGS event page for usp000a3jb. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Stations used
105

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 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.14 km N of Bévilard, Switzerland · 9454 days ago · 15 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 2.51 km E of Riedholz, Switzerland · 9452 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 2.00 km NE of Riedholz, Switzerland · 9451 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
  4. 2.35 km NNE of Löhningen, Switzerland · 9444 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 2.03 km NW of Rupperswil, Switzerland · 9417 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 2.52 km SSW of Waldighofen, France · 9413 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 1.87 km ESE of Badenweiler, Germany · 9409 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away

Before

  1. 3.31 km ENE of Eichstetten, Germany · 9455 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 2.32 km NW of Gilley, France · 9460 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 1.90 km N of Tramelan, Switzerland · 9466 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 2.74 km E of La Cluse-et-Mijoux, France · 9471 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 2.33 km WNW of Montana, Switzerland · 9473 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 2.44 km ESE of Roulans, France · 9483 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a3jb. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:06 PM UTC.