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M2.6 earthquake 1 km ENE of Seingbouse, France

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 1 km ENE of Seingbouse, France on Tue, Oct 24, 2000, 5:54 AM GMT+2 (03:54 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 1 km SW of Eppelborn, Germany. 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
2000-10-24 03:54:14 UTC
Depth
1.0 km (0.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
49.120° N, 6.848° E
Region
France
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

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

Mining induced event in the Lorraine region, France.

From the USGS event page for usp000a2an. 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
10

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.32 km NNE of Dambach-la-Ville, France · 9461 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 2.30 km NNE of Gemünden, Germany · 9457 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 3.31 km SW of Eppelborn, Germany · 9455 days ago · 1 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 2.44 km NNW of Heusweiler, Germany · 9452 days ago · 1 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 2.62 km ESE of Eppelborn, Germany · 9452 days ago · 1 km deep · 32 km away
  6. 3.33 km SW of Eppelborn, Germany · 9435 days ago · 1 km deep · 29 km away
  7. 3.24 km NW of Heusweiler, Germany · 9434 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 2.82 km SW of Eppelborn, Germany · 9431 days ago · 1 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 2.83 km ESE of Merzig, Germany · 9427 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  10. 3.02 km SSE of Lebach, Germany · 9425 days ago · 1 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 2.12 km NNW of Saint-Avold, France · 9423 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
  12. 3.23 km S of Lebach, Germany · 9419 days ago · 1 km deep · 29 km away

Before

  1. 2.41 km ENE of Lebach, Germany · 9477 days ago · 1 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 3.01 km N of Fell, Germany · 9480 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 2.71 km NNW of Teting-sur-Nied, France · 9482 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 2.72 km SSE of Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold, France · 9484 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 2.82 km ENE of Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold, France · 9488 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 3.11 km ENE of Cocheren, France · 9490 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 1.71 km NNW of Morsbach, France · 9497 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a2an. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 6:30 AM UTC.