M2.7 earthquake 2 km SE of Lachen-Speyerdorf, Germany
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 2 km SE of Lachen-Speyerdorf, Germany on Sun, Jun 2, 2002, 5:36 PM GMT+2 (15:36 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 2 km WSW of Pfungstadt, Germany. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-06-02 15:36:50 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 49.315° N, 8.232° 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
- 24
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 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.61 km NNW of Gommersheim, Germany · 8890 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.91 km NNE of Gommersheim, Germany · 8887 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.53 km NW of Heusweiler, Germany · 8887 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.94 km NE of Saarwellingen, Germany · 8886 days ago · 1 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.44 km NE of Heusweiler, Germany · 8885 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.92 km N of Hoppstädten-Weiersbach, Germany · 8878 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.63 km NNE of Dettwiller, France · 8870 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.21 km W of Kirchheimbolanden, Germany · 8868 days ago · 1 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.95 km NNE of Kirchberg, Germany · 8868 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.01 km WNW of Kirchheimbolanden, Germany · 8859 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.02 km ENE of Walluf, Germany · 8855 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.51 km ENE of Burgstetten, Germany · 8845 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.82 km WSW of Pfungstadt, Germany · 8844 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.94 km SSW of Erbes-Büdesheim, Germany · 8833 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
Before
- 2.73 km N of Gommersheim, Germany · 8890 days ago · 12 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.22 km W of Freisbach, Germany · 8890 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.21 km ESE of Kirrweiler, Germany · 8890 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.50 km WSW of Gommersheim, Germany · 8890 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.40 km N of Gommersheim, Germany · 8890 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.50 km NE of Neustadt, Germany · 8890 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.20 km NW of Biberach, Germany · 8895 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.13 km SSW of Lebach, Germany · 8905 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.04 km SW of Lebach, Germany · 8906 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.54 km ESE of Saarwellingen, Germany · 8908 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.13 km NW of Heusweiler, Germany · 8908 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.02 km W of Renningen, Germany · 8909 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b5e8. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:02 PM UTC.