M2.3 earthquake 3 km WSW of Quarten, Switzerland
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 3 km WSW of Quarten, Switzerland on Wed, Jul 17, 2002, 1:20 PM GMT+2 (11:20 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 9 km ESE of Meiringen, Switzerland. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-07-17 11:20:18 UTC
- Depth
- 0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.100° N, 9.200° 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.
- Stations used
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.04 km E of Grindelwald, Switzerland · 8816 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.01 km ENE of Leibstadt, Switzerland · 8815 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.89 km ESE of Meiringen, Switzerland · 8810 days ago · 0 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.31 km WSW of Dogern, Germany · 8810 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.51 km E of Viktorsberg, Austria · 8799 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.83 km SW of Klingnau, Switzerland · 8795 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
Before
- 2.84 km ENE of Salem, Germany · 8852 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.55 km NNE of Bermatingen, Germany · 8852 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.63 km NNE of Schlier, Germany · 8854 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.61 km ENE of Waldburg, Germany · 8855 days ago · 26 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.27 km W of Zernez, Switzerland · 8857 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b890. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:39 AM UTC.