M2.1 earthquake Germany
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck in Germany on Thu, Jul 3, 2003, 4:06 AM GMT+2 (02:06 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 2 km SE of Kruft, Germany. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-07-03 02:06:06 UTC
- Depth
- 4.0 km (2.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 50.375° N, 7.348° E
- Region
- Germany
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000c1h3. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
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
- Station coverage gap
- 237°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 9
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.42 km SE of Kruft, Germany · 8495 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.11 km SSW of Plaidt, Germany · 8495 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.83 km N of Düngenheim, Germany · 8489 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.32 km WSW of Höhr-Grenzhausen, Germany · 8477 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.32 km WNW of Neuwied, Germany · 8472 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.80 km NE of Mayen, Germany · 8470 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.13 km ENE of Kehrig, Germany · 8470 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000c1h3. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:32 PM UTC.