M1.9 earthquake Switzerland
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck in Switzerland on Sun, Sep 9, 2001, 2:02 AM GMT+2 (00:02 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 5 km SSW of Wahlen, Switzerland. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-09-09 00:02:32 UTC
- Depth
- 9.0 km (5.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.891° N, 8.136° E
- Region
- Switzerland
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
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
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.14 km S of Ferrette, France · 9156 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.13 km E of Rumersheim-le-Haut, France · 9147 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.65 km SSW of Wahlen, Switzerland · 9146 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.21 km WSW of Immendingen, Germany · 9140 days ago · 2 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.03 km SE of Eschenz, Switzerland · 9137 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.23 km E of Ostrach, Germany · 9127 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.62 km S of Herrlisheim-près-Colmar, France · 9120 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.30 km SSE of Zürich (Kreis 10) / Höngg, Switzerland · 9111 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.12 km WNW of Lapoutroie, France · 9110 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.21 km WNW of Riedholz, Switzerland · 9109 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000anvn. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:08 AM UTC.