M3.2 earthquake 2 km E of Weggis, Switzerland
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 2 km E of Weggis, Switzerland on Thu, Aug 17, 2000, 9:14 AM GMT+2 (07:14 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 3 km ENE of Singen, Germany. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.2 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-08-17 07:14:08 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.030° N, 8.465° 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Stations used
- 46
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.53 km ENE of Vaduz, Liechtenstein · 9543 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.53 km ENE of Singen, Germany · 9538 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.91 km SSW of Unterseen, Switzerland · 9527 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.24 km ESE of Leukerbad, Switzerland · 9523 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.65 km SW of Bodio, Switzerland · 9501 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.13 km SSW of Kreuzlingen, Switzerland · 9494 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
Before
- 2.83 km W of Grabs, Switzerland · 9546 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.83 km NNW of Radolfzell, Germany · 9549 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.62 km WSW of Sachseln, Switzerland · 9551 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.56 km SSE of Urnäsch, Switzerland · 9553 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.91 km NE of Arisdorf, Switzerland · 9564 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0009ymu. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:39 PM UTC.