M2.0 earthquake 5 km WNW of Salvan, Switzerland
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 5 km WNW of Salvan, Switzerland on Tue, Oct 10, 2000, 11:25 PM GMT+2 (21:25 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 4 km E of La Cluse-et-Mijoux, France. 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
- 2000-10-10 21:25:47 UTC
- Depth
- 2.0 km (1.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 46.134° N, 6.959° 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
- 6
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.00 km WNW of Fully, Switzerland · 9482 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.89 km WNW of Balme, Italy · 9473 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.33 km WNW of Montana, Switzerland · 9473 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.214 km NW of Moncenisio, Italy · 9472 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.74 km E of La Cluse-et-Mijoux, France · 9471 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.63 km NNE of Ayent, Switzerland · 9457 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.73 km W of Champorcher, Italy · 9443 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.23 km N of Ayent, Switzerland · 9443 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.41 km E of Sillingy, France · 9441 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.73 km S of Noasca, Italy · 9429 days ago · 16 km deep · 84 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a1k2. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:46 PM UTC.