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M2.2 earthquake 2 km SSE of Höheischweiler, Germany

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 2 km SSE of Höheischweiler, Germany on Thu, Mar 20, 2003, 10:17 PM GMT+1 (21:17 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 2 km NW of Béning-lès-Saint-Avold, France. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2003-03-20 21:17:17 UTC
Depth
1.0 km (0.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
49.210° N, 7.560° 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 usp000bt4d. 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
223°, 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.83 km W of Heusweiler, Germany · 8594 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 2.72 km E of Carling, France · 8587 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 2.81 km NW of Cocheren, France · 8586 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 3.01 km NNW of Béning-lès-Saint-Avold, France · 8581 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 2.11 km S of Carling, France · 8581 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 2.03 km SW of Wissembourg, France · 8576 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
  7. 1.813 km N of Baccarat, France · 8574 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 3.42 km NW of Béning-lès-Saint-Avold, France · 8539 days ago · 1 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 2.43 km NW of Heusweiler, Germany · 8539 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away

Before

  1. 2.91 km WNW of Théding, France · 8601 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 2.14 km ENE of Soultz-sous-Forêts, France · 8602 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 2.52 km ENE of Carling, France · 8602 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 3.21 km NW of Cocheren, France · 8602 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 2.71 km SE of Freyming-Merlebach, France · 8602 days ago · 1 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 2.15 km NNE of Kirschweiler, Germany · 8605 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 2.24 km E of Plobsheim, France · 8606 days ago · 15 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 2.81 km NNW of Hombourg-Haut, France · 8607 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 1.94 km N of Moyenmoutier, France · 8607 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 2.1Germany · 8608 days ago · 1 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 2.02 km NNE of Überherrn, Germany · 8613 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 2.33 km NE of Freyming-Merlebach, France · 8616 days ago · 1 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 2.90 km NW of Cocheren, France · 8617 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 2.51 km SW of Völklingen, Germany · 8619 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 3.21 km SSE of Morsbach, France · 8619 days ago · 1 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 3.01 km WNW of Béning-lès-Saint-Avold, France · 8620 days ago · 1 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 2.12 km SSW of Nalbach, Germany · 8620 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000bt4d. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:38 PM UTC.