M2.3 earthquake 2 km ENE of Wassenach, Germany
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 2 km ENE of Wassenach, Germany on Sat, Aug 31, 2002, 2:34 AM GMT+2 (00:34 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 3 km NNE of Vettweiß, 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
- 2002-08-31 00:34:28 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 50.438° N, 7.318° 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
- 13
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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.21 km WNW of Bell, Germany · 8799 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.31 km SE of Brohl-Lützing, Germany · 8799 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.07 km SE of Schönecken, Germany · 8793 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.73 km NNE of Vettweiß, Germany · 8788 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.5Germany · 8758 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.34 km NNE of Idar-Oberstein, Germany · 8748 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.2Germany · 8746 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
Before
- 2.22 km NNW of Echternach, Luxembourg · 8801 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.23 km W of Bolanden, Germany · 8807 days ago · 1 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.22 km SSE of Kirschweiler, Germany · 8811 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.41 km SSW of Andernach, Germany · 8813 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.83 km ENE of Altenglan, Germany · 8822 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.24 km ENE of Altenglan, Germany · 8825 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bayp. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:32 AM UTC.