M2.5 earthquake 5 km WSW of Saulgau, Germany
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 5 km WSW of Saulgau, Germany on Tue, Jan 1, 2002, 5:22 AM GMT+1 (04:22 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 5 km WNW of Ostrach, Germany. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-01-01 04:22:52 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.994° N, 9.439° 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
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.42 km E of Hilzingen, Germany · 9031 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.22 km ENE of Märstetten-Dorf, Switzerland · 9031 days ago · 27 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.60 km SW of Müllheim, Switzerland · 9030 days ago · 29 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.02 km SSW of Immendingen, Germany · 9027 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.95 km WNW of Ostrach, Germany · 9014 days ago · 17 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.43 km E of Homburg, Switzerland · 9006 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.15 km SE of Ostrach, Germany · 8996 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000avmj. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:39 AM UTC.