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M3.0 earthquake 2 km NNW of Heusweiler, Germany

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 2 km NNW of Heusweiler, Germany on Tue, Dec 25, 2001, 2:40 PM GMT+1 (13:40 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2001-12-25 13:40:17 UTC
Depth
1.0 km (0.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
49.362° N, 6.921° E
Region
Germany
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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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
34

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.73 km NE of Saarwellingen, Germany · 9045 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 2.53 km ESE of Saarwellingen, Germany · 9045 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 2.64 km SW of Lebach, Germany · 9044 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 2.33 km N of Heusweiler, Germany · 9042 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 3.02 km NW of Heusweiler, Germany · 9038 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 2.12 km E of Echternach, Luxembourg · 9037 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 2.73 km SSW of Lebach, Germany · 9037 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 2.74 km SSW of Lebach, Germany · 9036 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 2.34 km WNW of Heusweiler, Germany · 9035 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  10. 2.85 km NW of Heusweiler, Germany · 9034 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  11. 2.74 km NNW of Lauterecken, Germany · 9034 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 3.02 km NW of Heusweiler, Germany · 9033 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 2.92 km NNW of Heusweiler, Germany · 9024 days ago · 1 km deep · 0 km away
  14. 2.14 km NNW of Heusweiler, Germany · 9021 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  15. 2.94 km SSW of Lebach, Germany · 9019 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  16. 2.76 km N of Monzingen, Germany · 9017 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 2.82 km NW of Gemünden, Germany · 9010 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 2.64 km NW of Heusweiler, Germany · 9008 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  19. 2.72 km NW of Heusweiler, Germany · 9007 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 2.22 km S of Lebach, Germany · 9007 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  21. 2.94 km E of Saarwellingen, Germany · 9005 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  22. 2.73 km ENE of Saarwellingen, Germany · 9001 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
  23. 2.93 km ENE of Alsting, France · 9001 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  24. 2.53 km SSE of Annweiler am Trifels, Germany · 8993 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
  25. 2.41 km WNW of Heusweiler, Germany · 8993 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away

Before

  1. 2.84 km NE of Saarwellingen, Germany · 9051 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 2.93 km NW of Heusweiler, Germany · 9053 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.74 km NW of Heusweiler, Germany · 9060 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 2.42 km E of Saarwellingen, Germany · 9062 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
  5. 2.34 km SSW of Lebach, Germany · 9062 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 2.63 km NW of Heusweiler, Germany · 9064 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 2.74 km ENE of Saarwellingen, Germany · 9065 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  8. 1.85 km WSW of Boulay-Moselle, France · 9067 days ago · 1 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 2.84 km SW of Lebach, Germany · 9073 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away

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