M1.7 earthquake 3 km NW of Bötzingen, Germany
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 3 km NW of Bötzingen, Germany on Sat, May 5, 2001, 5:54 AM GMT+2 (03:54 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 2 km NNW of Buchenbach, Germany. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-05-05 03:54:16 UTC
- Depth
- 14.0 km (8.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.100° N, 7.696° E
- Region
- Germany
- 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
- 7
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
- 2.12 km SE of Herrlisheim, France · 9283 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.92 km NE of Buchenbach, Germany · 9283 days ago · 18 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.81 km ENE of Rheinfelden, Switzerland · 9262 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.3Switzerland · 9260 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.22 km NNW of Buchenbach, Germany · 9260 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.01 km NNW of Bondorf, Germany · 9260 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.32 km SSW of Wolfgantzen, France · 9251 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.62 km NE of Wyhl, Germany · 9247 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.03 km ENE of Marckolsheim, France · 9246 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.51 km SSE of Ban-de-Laveline, France · 9230 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000aeeu. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:29 PM UTC.