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M2.8 earthquake 0 km NNW of Eppelborn, Germany

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 0 km NNW of Eppelborn, Germany on Tue, Mar 20, 2001, 12:06 AM GMT+1 (23:06 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
2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2001-03-19 23:06:02 UTC
Depth
1.0 km (0.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
49.401° N, 6.966° 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 usp000abrj. 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
27

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.83 km SSW of Eppelborn, Germany · 9326 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 2.93 km SW of Lebach, Germany · 9324 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 3.12 km SSW of Eppelborn, Germany · 9322 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 2.21 km ENE of Bruttig-Fankel, Germany · 9321 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 2.92 km NNW of Saint-Avold, France · 9321 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  6. 2.9Germany · 9320 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 3.21 km SSW of Lebach, Germany · 9317 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
  8. 2.92 km SSW of Lebach, Germany · 9316 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
  9. 2.43 km SSE of Eppelborn, Germany · 9313 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  10. 3.03 km SSW of Lebach, Germany · 9311 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
  11. 3.04 km NW of Heusweiler, Germany · 9308 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
  12. 3.42 km SE of Saarwellingen, Germany · 9306 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
  13. 3.14 km WNW of Heusweiler, Germany · 9306 days ago · 1 km deep · 8 km away
  14. 2.92 km S of Lebach, Germany · 9305 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  15. 2.33 km NNW of Heusweiler, Germany · 9297 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
  16. 2.32 km SSE of Eppelborn, Germany · 9293 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  17. 2.70 km SW of Cocheren, France · 9287 days ago · 1 km deep · 30 km away
  18. 2.50 km S of Luisenthal, Germany · 9274 days ago · 1 km deep · 18 km away
  19. 2.80 km SE of Œting, France · 9273 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away
  20. 2.80 km SSW of Cocheren, France · 9271 days ago · 1 km deep · 31 km away

Before

  1. 3.03 km SW of Eppelborn, Germany · 9330 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 3.70 km NW of Cocheren, France · 9331 days ago · 1 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 3.04 km S of Lebach, Germany · 9331 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 3.32 km SSE of Lebach, Germany · 9332 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 3.11 km SSE of Eppelborn, Germany · 9335 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 2.41 km NNW of Cocheren, France · 9339 days ago · 1 km deep · 29 km away
  7. 3.12 km SSW of Eppelborn, Germany · 9339 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 3.61 km N of Cocheren, France · 9339 days ago · 1 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 2.94 km SSW of Lebach, Germany · 9341 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 3.22 km SSW of Lebach, Germany · 9344 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
  11. 2.22 km SSE of Lebach, Germany · 9344 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  12. 2.92 km WSW of Eppelborn, Germany · 9346 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 3.42 km W of Losheim, Germany · 9347 days ago · 1 km deep · 22 km away
  14. 3.03 km ESE of Beckingen, Germany · 9348 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  15. 2.92 km SW of Eppelborn, Germany · 9353 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  16. 2.83 km S of Lebach, Germany · 9356 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000abrj. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:32 AM UTC.