M1.6 earthquake 2 km WSW of Dornstetten, Germany
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 2 km WSW of Dornstetten, Germany on Tue, Jul 24, 2001, 5:33 AM GMT+2 (03:33 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.1 2 km ENE of Horben, Germany. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-07-24 03:33:32 UTC
- Depth
- 2.0 km (1.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.462° N, 8.471° 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.
- Stations used
- 5
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.61 km NE of Nordhouse, France · 9179 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.70 km W of Au, Germany · 9169 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.12 km ENE of Horben, Germany · 9158 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.9Switzerland · 9157 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.13 km E of Rumersheim-le-Haut, France · 9148 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ak22. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 11:01 AM UTC.