February 22, 2003 Earthquake: Edigen, Baccarat, Colmar, Thann, Germany, France
A magnitude 5 earthquake struck Edigen, Baccarat, Colmar, Thann, Germany, France on February 22, 2003 at 20:41:03 UTC, 10 km below the surface.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- February 22, 2003
- Time
- 20:41:03 UTC
- Place
- Edigen, Baccarat, Colmar, Thann, Germany, France
- Magnitude
- 5 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 10 km (6 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 48.342° N, 6.570° E
- Country
- France
The toll
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
Minor damage in the Baccarat-Colmar-Thann area,
France and at Edigen, Germany. Felt in a large part of
France from Strasbourg to Lille, Paris and Chambery.
Felt (V) in southwestern Germany and (III) in
Vorarlberg, Austria. Also felt in Belgium,
northwestern Italy, Luxembourg and much of Switzerland. (reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- October 18, 1356, Basel, Switzerland
- May 12, 1682, Remiremont,fougerolles,faucogney, France
- November 25, 1289, Strasbourg, France
- December 8, 2006, Basel, Switzerland
- December 5, 2004, Emmendingen, Freiburg Im Breisgau, Germany
- March 23, 1391, Switzerland
- November 29, 1610, Switzerland
- May 12, 1021, Switzerland
- November 24, 1346, Switzerland
- September 14, 1454, Switzerland
- September 15, 1454, Switzerland
- 1003, Burgundy, France
- March 22, 2003, Albstadt, Germany
- September 3, 1978, Germany
More
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 5681.