M2.5 earthquake 1 km NW of Urmitz, Germany
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 1 km NW of Urmitz, Germany on Wed, Jan 23, 2002, 9:55 PM GMT+1 (20:55 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 1 km SE of Stolberg, 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
- 2002-01-23 20:55:56 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 50.423° N, 7.504° 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
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.76 km N of Monzingen, Germany · 9018 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.82 km NW of Gemünden, Germany · 9011 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.55 km SW of Villmar, Germany · 9000 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.01 km SE of Stolberg, Germany · 8966 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ax1k. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:55 AM UTC.