M2.3 earthquake 2 km NNW of Rust, Germany
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 2 km NNW of Rust, Germany on Mon, Jan 7, 2002, 4:11 AM GMT+1 (03:11 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 2 km E of Hilzingen, Germany. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-01-07 03:11:28 UTC
- Depth
- 12.0 km (7.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.284° N, 7.726° 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
- 34
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.42 km E of Hilzingen, Germany · 9032 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.03 km E of Rougemont-le-Château, France · 9031 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.02 km SSW of Immendingen, Germany · 9028 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.04 km SE of Plombières-les-Bains, France · 9015 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.34 km SE of Plombières-les-Bains, France · 9015 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.76 km NNE of Aydoilles, France · 9011 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.41 km E of Baldersheim, France · 9004 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.73 km WNW of Dogern, Germany · 9003 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
Before
- 2.21 km ESE of Hilsenheim, France · 9035 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.95 km ENE of Sundhouse, France · 9035 days ago · 14 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.72 km NNW of Rust, Germany · 9035 days ago · 17 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.33 km S of Ühlingen-Birkendorf, Germany · 9063 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.71 km NNE of Weisweil, Germany · 9065 days ago · 15 km deep · 9 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000avzc. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:28 AM UTC.