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M2.6 earthquake 2 km N of Rust, Germany

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 2 km N of Rust, Germany on Sun, Mar 21, 2004, 2:32 AM GMT+1 (01:32 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 0 km NNE of Rambervillers, France. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2004-03-21 01:32:10 UTC
Depth
8.0 km (5.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
48.287° N, 7.734° 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 usp000cqgd. 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
122°
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: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.34 km NNE of Rambervillers, France · 8233 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 1.51 km N of Rambervillers, France · 8231 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 2.32 km WSW of Jeanménil, France · 8223 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 3.00 km NW of Jeanménil, France · 8223 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 1.94 km NE of Sainte-Marguerite, France · 8221 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 2.02 km S of Jeanménil, France · 8219 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 1.81 km WSW of Jeanménil, France · 8216 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 3.22 km N of Jungingen, Germany · 8215 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 2.32 km SE of Unterkrozingen, Germany · 8213 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 1.70 km SSE of Jeanménil, France · 8212 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 2.07 km SSW of Drulingen, France · 8211 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 2.01 km WSW of Jeanménil, France · 8211 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 2.01 km SSW of Jeanménil, France · 8210 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 1.91 km SE of Oberrotweil, Germany · 8210 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  15. 2.81 km WSW of Rambervillers, France · 8210 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 1.92 km SSE of Rambervillers, France · 8208 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 1.6France · 8197 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  18. 3.40 km NNE of Rambervillers, France · 8192 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 1.95 km NNE of Rambervillers, France · 8190 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 1.61 km SE of Rambervillers, France · 8189 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  21. 2.01 km WNW of Jeanménil, France · 8183 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  22. 1.53 km NNE of Rambervillers, France · 8182 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  23. 1.87 km N of Rambervillers, France · 8180 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away

Before

  1. 2.11 km E of Rambervillers, France · 8236 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 1.71 km WSW of Jeanménil, France · 8237 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 2.11 km SSW of Raon-aux-Bois, France · 8238 days ago · 15 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 1.75 km N of Stegen, Germany · 8240 days ago · 14 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 3.63 km WNW of Sankt Peter, Germany · 8240 days ago · 14 km deep · 34 km away
  6. 2.25 km NW of Schutterwald, Germany · 8241 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 2.31 km SSE of Epfig, France · 8244 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 2.04 km NNE of Bad Peterstal-Griesbach, Germany · 8244 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 2.14 km NNE of Bad Peterstal-Griesbach, Germany · 8244 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 1.94 km NNE of Bad Peterstal-Griesbach, Germany · 8244 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
  11. 1.71 km NNW of Ottmarsheim, France · 8251 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 1.91 km ENE of Rambervillers, France · 8258 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  13. 1.61 km NW of Holtzwihr, France · 8260 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  14. 2.11 km N of Fessenheim, France · 8262 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cqgd. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:29 PM UTC.