M2.7 earthquake 4 km ENE of Schermbeck, Germany
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 4 km ENE of Schermbeck, Germany on Wed, Jun 12, 2002, 7:46 PM GMT+2 (17:46 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 1 km E of Aldenhoven, Germany. This one was a foreshock.
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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
- 2002-06-12 17:46:16 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.698° N, 6.925° 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
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.66 km SSE of Rhede, Germany · 8879 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.76 km NW of Bottrop, Germany · 8859 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.94 km NNE of Meiderich, Germany · 8846 days ago · 1 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.92 km WNW of Bönen, Germany · 8841 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.73 km W of Voerde, Germany · 8839 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.91 km E of Aldenhoven, Germany · 8838 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.64 km S of Dinslaken, Germany · 8836 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.94 km ENE of Bergkamen, Germany · 8834 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.5Germany · 8833 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.65 km NNE of Moers, Germany · 8830 days ago · 1 km deep · 28 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000b61h. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:26 PM UTC.