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M4.2 earthquake Germany

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck in Germany on Thu, Jun 21, 2001, 9:55 PM GMT+2 (19:55 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.2 (ML, local (Richter)), light
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Thu, Jun 21, 2001, 9:55 PM GMT+2
UTC: 2001-06-21 19:55:49 UTC
Depth: 1.0 km (0.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 49.147° N, 6.870° E
Region: Germany
Strongest shaking: V, moderate shaking
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

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

One person killed. Mining induced event in the Lorraine region, France.

From the USGS event page for usp000ah16. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated: V, moderate shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 17.0% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: 1.3 cm/s
Map: Automatic

USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter — Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

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: 147

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ah16 (also filed as atlas20010621195549). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:09 PM UTC.