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M3.0 earthquake 3 km SW of Eppelborn, Germany

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 3 km SW of Eppelborn, Germany on Sat, Mar 17, 2001, 5:18 PM GMT+1 (16:18 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 2 km SE of Saarwellingen, Germany. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2001-03-17 16:18:09 UTC
Depth
1.0 km (0.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
49.376° N, 6.938° E
Region
Germany
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Mining induced event.

From the USGS event page for usp000abmf. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

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
26

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.80 km NNW of Eppelborn, Germany · 9329 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 2.83 km SSW of Eppelborn, Germany · 9327 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.93 km SW of Lebach, Germany · 9325 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 3.12 km SSW of Eppelborn, Germany · 9323 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 2.21 km ENE of Bruttig-Fankel, Germany · 9322 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 2.92 km NNW of Saint-Avold, France · 9322 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 2.9Germany · 9321 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 3.21 km SSW of Lebach, Germany · 9318 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 2.92 km SSW of Lebach, Germany · 9317 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  10. 2.43 km SSE of Eppelborn, Germany · 9314 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  11. 3.03 km SSW of Lebach, Germany · 9312 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 3.04 km NW of Heusweiler, Germany · 9310 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 3.42 km SE of Saarwellingen, Germany · 9308 days ago · 1 km deep · 9 km away
  14. 3.14 km WNW of Heusweiler, Germany · 9307 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
  15. 2.92 km S of Lebach, Germany · 9306 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  16. 2.33 km NNW of Heusweiler, Germany · 9298 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  17. 2.32 km SSE of Eppelborn, Germany · 9294 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  18. 2.70 km SW of Cocheren, France · 9288 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away
  19. 2.50 km S of Luisenthal, Germany · 9275 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 2.80 km SE of Œting, France · 9274 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away
  21. 2.80 km SSW of Cocheren, France · 9272 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away

Before

  1. 3.70 km NW of Cocheren, France · 9332 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 3.04 km S of Lebach, Germany · 9333 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 3.32 km SSE of Lebach, Germany · 9333 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 3.11 km SSE of Eppelborn, Germany · 9336 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 2.41 km NNW of Cocheren, France · 9340 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 3.12 km SSW of Eppelborn, Germany · 9340 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 3.61 km N of Cocheren, France · 9340 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 2.94 km SSW of Lebach, Germany · 9342 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 3.22 km SSW of Lebach, Germany · 9345 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  10. 2.22 km SSE of Lebach, Germany · 9345 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 2.92 km WSW of Eppelborn, Germany · 9347 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  12. 3.42 km W of Losheim, Germany · 9348 days ago · 1 km deep · 22 km away
  13. 3.03 km ESE of Beckingen, Germany · 9349 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 2.92 km SW of Eppelborn, Germany · 9354 days ago · 1 km deep · 0 km away
  15. 2.83 km S of Lebach, Germany · 9357 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  16. 2.92 km S of Eppelborn, Germany · 9360 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000abmf. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:55 PM UTC.