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M2.0 earthquake 4 km E of Grindelwald, Switzerland

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 4 km E of Grindelwald, Switzerland on Wed, Aug 14, 2002, 6:59 AM GMT+2 (04:59 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 10 km N of Gressoney-La-Trinitè, Italy. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2002-08-14 04:59:16 UTC
Depth
2.0 km (1.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
46.632° N, 8.098° E
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.

Stations used
9

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.14 km WSW of Staffa, Italy · 8813 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 2.89 km ESE of Meiringen, Switzerland · 8810 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 2.33 km SSE of Staffa, Italy · 8807 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 2.25 km SSW of Staffa, Italy · 8806 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 1.56 km NW of Staffa, Italy · 8802 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 2.51 km WNW of Carcoforo, Italy · 8783 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 2.86 km NW of Staffa, Italy · 8783 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 2.31 km SSE of Bévilard, Switzerland · 8782 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 2.57 km W of Staffa, Italy · 8778 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 2.72 km N of Sankt Niklaus, Switzerland · 8771 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 3.010 km N of Gressoney-La-Trinitè, Italy · 8770 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 2.31 km SSE of Saint-Maurice, Switzerland · 8767 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 2.48 km WNW of Sankt Niklaus, Switzerland · 8764 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 1.96 km SW of Staffa, Italy · 8757 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away

Before

  1. 3.02 km N of Rima, Italy · 8817 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 2.53 km SE of Staffa, Italy · 8827 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 2.58 km WSW of Staffa, Italy · 8827 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 2.010 km WSW of Staffa, Italy · 8830 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 2.06 km NW of Château-d'Oex, Switzerland · 8833 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 2.95 km S of Oberschrot, Switzerland · 8834 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 2.19 km SE of Zermatt, Switzerland · 8843 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 2.33 km WSW of Quarten, Switzerland · 8844 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b9v7. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:43 AM UTC.