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M1.9 earthquake 2 km SSE of Bous, Germany

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 2 km SSE of Bous, Germany on Sat, Apr 24, 2004, 12:33 AM GMT+2 (22:33 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 0 km SE of Saarwellingen, Germany. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2004-04-23 22:33:18 UTC
Depth
1.0 km (0.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
49.260° N, 6.810° 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 usp000ct81. 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
203°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
5

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.01 km NE of Schwalbach, Germany · 8199 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 2.43 km ESE of Saarwellingen, Germany · 8197 days ago · 1 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 1.6France · 8197 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 1.95 km NNE of Rambervillers, France · 8190 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 1.53 km NNE of Rambervillers, France · 8182 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 1.87 km N of Rambervillers, France · 8180 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 2.42 km NNE of Freyming-Merlebach, France · 8180 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
  8. 2.11 km SSE of Saarwellingen, Germany · 8175 days ago · 1 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 2.42 km NNE of Nalbach, Germany · 8173 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
  10. 2.74 km ENE of Saarwellingen, Germany · 8166 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
  11. 2.01 km N of Püttlingen, Germany · 8165 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
  12. 2.34 km ENE of Saarwellingen, Germany · 8162 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
  13. 2.63 km NW of Heusweiler, Germany · 8159 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 2.34 km NNW of Püttlingen, Germany · 8157 days ago · 1 km deep · 8 km away
  15. 2.80 km SE of Saarwellingen, Germany · 8153 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
  16. 2.62 km NE of Saarwellingen, Germany · 8151 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
  17. 2.34 km WNW of Heusweiler, Germany · 8147 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
  18. 2.34 km WNW of Heusweiler, Germany · 8141 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
  19. 2.12 km W of Gondreville, France · 8141 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away

Before

  1. 2.07 km SSW of Drulingen, France · 8211 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000ct81. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:06 PM UTC.