Germany earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake Germany

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck in Germany on Wed, Jun 20, 2001, 9:19 PM GMT+2 (19:19 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 Germany. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2001-06-20 19:19:41 UTC
Depth
1.0 km (0.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
49.392° N, 6.851° 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 usp000agzn. 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
6

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 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.52 km WNW of Heusweiler, Germany · 9236 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
  2. 2.61 km SW of Seingbouse, France · 9235 days ago · 1 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 4.2Germany · 9235 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 2.12 km WNW of Saarwellingen, Germany · 9232 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
  5. 3.12 km NNW of Béning-lès-Saint-Avold, France · 9222 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 2.81 km W of Schwalbach, Germany · 9215 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 2.44 km NNW of Blankenrath, Germany · 9214 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 2.71 km SE of Dillingen, Germany · 9209 days ago · 1 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 2.42 km NW of Püttlingen, Germany · 9207 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 2.83 km ENE of Nalbach, Germany · 9203 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 2.93 km SW of Wallerfangen, Germany · 9197 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
  12. 3.60 km N of Dillingen, Germany · 9193 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  13. 2.82 km E of Saarwellingen, Germany · 9192 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  14. 2.84 km NE of Saarwellingen, Germany · 9189 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  15. 2.34 km NE of Schwalbach, Germany · 9189 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
  16. 2.11 km NNE of Saarwellingen, Germany · 9188 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  17. 2.24 km E of Saarwellingen, Germany · 9187 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  18. 2.11 km N of Püttlingen, Germany · 9187 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 2.82 km NNW of Heusweiler, Germany · 9185 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
  20. 2.52 km WNW of Hochstetten-Dhaun, Germany · 9180 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  21. 2.82 km NE of Saarwellingen, Germany · 9178 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away

Before

  1. 2.70 km ENE of Macheren, France · 9237 days ago · 1 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 2.61 km WNW of Folkling, France · 9237 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 2.36 km SW of Bundenbach, Germany · 9244 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 1.83 km WNW of Kirchheimbolanden, Germany · 9244 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 3.00 km WNW of Seingbouse, France · 9244 days ago · 1 km deep · 31 km away
  6. 2.80 km NNW of Forbach, France · 9245 days ago · 1 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 2.23 km S of Marpingen, Germany · 9246 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 2.70 km SE of Cocheren, France · 9247 days ago · 1 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 3.33 km SW of Eppelborn, Germany · 9248 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 2.22 km N of Schwalbach, Germany · 9252 days ago · 1 km deep · 8 km away
  11. 2.90 km SW of Béning-lès-Saint-Avold, France · 9255 days ago · 1 km deep · 29 km away
  12. 3.41 km S of Cocheren, France · 9264 days ago · 1 km deep · 29 km away
  13. 3.41 km N of Heusweiler, Germany · 9265 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000agzn. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:28 PM UTC.