M2.8 earthquake 3 km WNW of Heusweiler, Germany
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 3 km WNW of Heusweiler, Germany on Thu, Jul 1, 2004, 5:50 PM GMT+2 (15:50 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 3 km E of Nalbach, Germany. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2004-07-01 15:50:08 UTC
- Depth
- 1.0 km (0.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 49.350° N, 6.880° 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 usp000czc2. 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
- 75°
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.92 km SE of Bell, Germany · 8096 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.83 km S of Schmelz, Germany · 8090 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.91 km NNE of Röchling-Höhe, Germany · 8088 days ago · 1 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.83 km WSW of Lebach, Germany · 8083 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.03 km E of Nalbach, Germany · 8074 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
Before
- 2.34 km WNW of Heusweiler, Germany · 8142 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.34 km WNW of Heusweiler, Germany · 8148 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.62 km NE of Saarwellingen, Germany · 8151 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.80 km SE of Saarwellingen, Germany · 8154 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.34 km NNW of Püttlingen, Germany · 8158 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.63 km NW of Heusweiler, Germany · 8160 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000czc2. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 12:53 PM UTC.