Germany earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake Germany

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck in Germany on Tue, Dec 10, 2002, 1:02 AM GMT+1 (00:02 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 1 km WNW of Béning-lès-Saint-Avold, France. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2002-12-10 00:02:33 UTC
Depth
1.0 km (0.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
49.359° N, 6.944° 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
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.60 km W of Béning-lès-Saint-Avold, France · 8693 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 3.01 km NNW of Béning-lès-Saint-Avold, France · 8682 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 1.814 km E of Chanteheux, France · 8681 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 2.3Germany · 8677 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 3.02 km NW of Cocheren, France · 8677 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 2.81 km W of Béning-lès-Saint-Avold, France · 8674 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away
  7. 2.01 km N of Folkling, France · 8659 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away
  8. 2.51 km NW of Béning-lès-Saint-Avold, France · 8659 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 2.22 km WNW of Béning-lès-Saint-Avold, France · 8659 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 3.31 km WNW of Béning-lès-Saint-Avold, France · 8655 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 2.70 km WNW of Freyming-Merlebach, France · 8653 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away
  12. 2.42 km W of Trassem, Germany · 8641 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away

Before

  1. 2.32 km ESE of Vic-sur-Seille, France · 8702 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 2.41 km ESE of Folkling, France · 8706 days ago · 1 km deep · 24 km away
  3. 3.20 km W of Cocheren, France · 8707 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 2.51 km NNE of Freyming-Merlebach, France · 8710 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 2.80 km E of Freyming-Merlebach, France · 8711 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 2.82 km NW of Seingbouse, France · 8717 days ago · 1 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 2.63 km WSW of Ludweiler-Warndt, Germany · 8717 days ago · 1 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 3.21 km NNW of Béning-lès-Saint-Avold, France · 8726 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 2.62 km ESE of Saarwellingen, Germany · 8726 days ago · 1 km deep · 8 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bkdz. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:14 AM UTC.