Reviewed by USGSGermany116y ago
M5.9 earthquake 2 km SSE of Jungingen, Germany
Thursday, November 16, 1911, 21:25:51 UTC · 48.304°N, 9.049°E
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck 2 km SSE of Jungingen, Germany on Thursday, November 16, 1911, 21:25:51 UTC, at a depth of 15.0 km (shallow). No earthquake of this size or larger appears within 300 km in the USGS catalog since 1900.
- Magnitude
- 5.9
- Moderate · mw
- Depth
- 15 km
- Shallow
- Felt reports
- 0
- Did You Feel It?
- Est. shaking
- —
- No ShakeMap
- PAGER alert
- None
- Not issued
- Tsunami
- No flag
- USGS feed
Outlined circle: this earthquake
In context
How big was it, and why here?
Energy released
12 kilotons of TNT
That is about the energy of the Hiroshima bomb. It released about 25 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0.
Tectonic setting
325 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
15 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.
Did You Feel It?
Where it was felt
No “Did You Feel It?” reports have been published for this event yet. If you felt it, you can add your report on the USGS website.
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Who was exposed to shaking
USGS publishes PAGER impact estimates for significant earthquakes, usually within an hour. No PAGER estimate is available for this event.
After the main event
Aftershocks within 75 km
USGS has not published any M2.5+ earthquake within 75 km in the 30 days after this event.
Regional history
Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km
USGS lists 1 M5.0+ earthquake within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 8 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 1 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 1855
Haut-Valais
25 Jul 1855 · 239 km away · intensity VIII
1 deathSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1720
Switzerland
20 Dec 1720 · 106 km away · intensity VIII
Severe damage ($5–24M)
- 1755
Switzerland
9 Dec 1755 · 236 km away · intensity VIII
Severe damage ($5–24M)
- 1769
Switzerland
1769 · 160 km away · intensity V
Severe damage ($5–24M)
- 1774
Switzerland
10 Sep 1774 · 158 km away · intensity VIII
Severe damage ($5–24M)
- 1835
Switzerland
18 Apr 1835 · 202 km away · intensity VI
Severe damage ($5–24M)
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.