M2.7 earthquake Belgium
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck in Belgium on Thu, Dec 20, 2001, 9:30 AM GMT+1 (08:30 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 2 km ENE of Aachen, 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
- 2001-12-20 08:30:55 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 50.387° N, 5.475° E
- Region
- Belgium
- 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
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000auy2. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:59 AM UTC.