Austria earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 3 km NW of Lech, Austria

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 3 km NW of Lech, Austria on Wed, Jul 19, 2000, 4:51 AM GMT+2 (02:51 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 2 km SSE of Warth, Austria. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2000-07-19 02:51:17 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
47.224° N, 10.107° E
Region
Austria
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

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

Felt (IV) at Lech.

From the USGS event page for usp0009wrn. 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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Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Stations used
23

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 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.05 km WNW of Fulpmes, Austria · 9558 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 2.62 km NW of Fulpmes, Austria · 9550 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 2.56 km SSE of Urnäsch, Switzerland · 9550 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 2.83 km W of Grabs, Switzerland · 9543 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 2.53 km ENE of Vaduz, Liechtenstein · 9539 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 1.64 km N of Racines, Italy · 9538 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 2.06 km S of Gramais, Austria · 9524 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 2.09 km E of Sant'Antonio, Italy · 9521 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 3.42 km SSE of Warth, Austria · 9518 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 1.79 km SW of Gschnitz, Austria · 9511 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away

Before

  1. 2.56 km NNE of Schiers, Switzerland · 9574 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 3.04 km NE of Saulgau, Germany · 9586 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 3.14 km NW of Fulpmes, Austria · 9587 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 2.15 km NE of Isolaccia, Italy · 9599 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009wrn. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:46 AM UTC.