M3.2 earthquake 3 km WSW of Würselen, Germany
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 3 km WSW of Würselen, Germany on Mon, Jan 7, 2002, 8:59 PM GMT+1 (19:59 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 2 km ENE of Aachen, Germany. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.2 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-01-07 19:59:04 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 50.805° N, 6.094° 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
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.32 km ENE of Aachen, Germany · 9036 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.74 km NE of Dinslaken, Germany · 8985 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.70 km NNW of Geilenkirchen, Germany · 8981 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000aw10. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:28 PM UTC.