M2.7 earthquake 2 km SW of Simpelveld, Netherlands
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 2 km SW of Simpelveld, Netherlands on Sat, Dec 23, 2000, 1:55 AM GMT+1 (00:55 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 3 km N of Rath, Germany. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-12-23 00:55:55 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 50.822° N, 5.957° E
- Region
- The Netherlands
- 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
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.82 km W of Voerde, Germany · 9408 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.1Germany · 9408 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.04 km NNE of Meiderich, Germany · 9397 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.53 km N of Rath, Germany · 9382 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.71 km NNE of Waimes, Belgium · 9359 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.21 km NNW of Ophoven, Belgium · 9359 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayThe Netherlands earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000a6k5. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:23 PM UTC.