Reported by EMSC5d ago
M2.6 earthquake in Germany
Tuesday, September 22, 2026, 07:48:22 UTC · 48.409°N, 12.664°E
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck in Germany on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, 07:48:22 UTC, at a depth of 10.0 km (shallow).
- Magnitude
- 2.6
- Minor · ml
- Depth
- 10 km
- Shallow
- Reported by
- EMSC
- Agency BGR
- Nearest tracker
- 296 km
- from Ljubljana
Outlined circle: this earthquake
In context
How big was it, and why here?
Energy released
120 kg of TNT
That is about 1/125,702 of the Hiroshima bomb. A magnitude 5.0 releases about 3,981 times more energy.
Tectonic setting
411 km
from the nearest mapped plate boundary, between the North American and Pacific plates. Earthquakes this far from a boundary happen on faults inside a plate, often less frequently but sometimes strongly.
Depth: shallow
10 km
Shallow earthquakes (under 70 km) produce the strongest surface shaking for their size, so they are the ones most likely to cause damage near the epicenter.
After the main event
Aftershocks within 50 km
USGS and EMSC have not published any M2.5+ earthquake within 50 km since this event.
Regional history
Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km
USGS lists 57 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
- 6.53 km SW of Prato, ItalyMay 6, 1976 · 233 km S of this epicenter
- 6.11 km WNW of Lestans, ItalyJune 17, 1976 · 250 km S of this epicenter
- 6.05 km NNE of Isola, ItalySeptember 15, 1976 · 238 km S of this epicenter
- 6.04 km SE of Zuglio, ItalyMarch 27, 1928 · 222 km S of this epicenter
- 5.92 km SSE of Jungingen, GermanyNovember 16, 1911 · 267 km W of this epicenter
- 5.91 km SSW of Venzone, ItalySeptember 15, 1976 · 235 km S of this epicenter
- 5.95 km SW of Chiaulis, ItalyMay 7, 1976 · 230 km S of this epicenter
- 5.84 km NNW of Polcenigo, ItalyOctober 18, 1936 · 259 km S of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 25 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 1,059 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1976M6.5
Ne, Balkans Nw: Slovenia: Nw
6 May 1976 · 233 km away · intensity X
978 deaths$3.6 billion damage
- 1873
Bellunese
29 Jun 1873 · 246 km away · intensity X
55 deathsModerate damage ($1–5M)
- 1976M6.0
Northeastern
15 Sep 1976 · 238 km away · intensity IX
11 deathsModerate damage ($1–5M)
- 1895M6.1
Slovenia: Ljubljana
14 Apr 1895 · 292 km away · intensity IX
7 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1976M5.5
Northeastern
11 Sep 1976 · 240 km away · intensity VII
5 deathsModerate damage ($1–5M)
- 1998M5.7
Arnoldstein; Slovenia: Bovec, Kobarid
12 Apr 1998 · 252 km away · intensity VIII
1 deathModerate damage ($1–5M)
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.