M3.0 earthquake 2 km SSE of Düren, Germany
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 2 km SSE of Düren, Germany on Sun, Apr 14, 2002, 2:20 PM GMT+2 (12:20 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 2 km NNE of Aachen, Germany. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-04-14 12:20:06 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 50.781° N, 6.501° E
- Region
- Germany
- 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
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b2cr. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:25 PM UTC.