M2.0 earthquake 4 km S of Unna, Germany
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 4 km S of Unna, Germany on Tue, Sep 24, 2002, 7:04 AM GMT+2 (05:04 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 5 km NE of Werne, Germany. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-09-24 05:04:38 UTC
- Depth
- 1.0 km (0.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.500° N, 7.700° 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.
- 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: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.21 km SSW of Hagen, Germany · 8773 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.65 km NE of Werne, Germany · 8759 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
Before
- 2.64 km NNE of Meiderich, Germany · 8786 days ago · 1 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.67 km ENE of Wesel, Germany · 8789 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.84 km NE of Dinslaken, Germany · 8793 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.02 km SSE of Oberhausen, Germany · 8797 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.64 km SW of Rhede, Germany · 8803 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.85 km NE of Wesel, Germany · 8803 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bd01. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:12 AM UTC.