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M2.3 earthquake 4 km ENE of Saarwellingen, Germany

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 4 km ENE of Saarwellingen, Germany on Mon, May 31, 2004, 11:09 AM GMT+2 (09:09 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
2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2004-05-31 09:09:03 UTC
Depth
1.0 km (0.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
49.365° N, 6.860° 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 usp000cwqm. 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
228°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
12

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 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.63 km NW of Heusweiler, Germany · 8160 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 2.34 km NNW of Püttlingen, Germany · 8157 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 2.80 km SE of Saarwellingen, Germany · 8154 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  4. 2.62 km NE of Saarwellingen, Germany · 8151 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 2.34 km WNW of Heusweiler, Germany · 8148 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 2.34 km WNW of Heusweiler, Germany · 8141 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 2.83 km WNW of Heusweiler, Germany · 8131 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away

Before

  1. 2.01 km N of Püttlingen, Germany · 8166 days ago · 1 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 2.74 km ENE of Saarwellingen, Germany · 8167 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.42 km NNE of Nalbach, Germany · 8173 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
  4. 2.11 km SSE of Saarwellingen, Germany · 8175 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
  5. 2.42 km NNE of Freyming-Merlebach, France · 8180 days ago · 1 km deep · 22 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000cwqm. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:49 AM UTC.