M 3.0 earthquake – 32 km E of Ebeltoft, Denmark
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Local time: Feb 3, 2005 · 16:49 (UTC+1)
MinorShallow · 0.1 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 3.0local (Richter) magnitude (ml)
- Depth
- 0.1 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 56.142, 11.19952 km from Kalundborg
- Energy released
- 0.5 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 2M2.5+ within 30 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 138USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Nov 24, 2004.
How strong was it?
Minor earthquake. It released 0.5 tons of TNT, 1,000 times less than a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
2 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 30 km in the 60 days after.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Denmark.
- 5.4 Near the coast of Sweden Oct 23, 1904
- 4.8 1 km NNW of Skultorp, Sweden Jul 14, 1986
- 4.4 47 km WNW of Thyborøn, Denmark Feb 19, 2010
- 4.3 7 km NW of Skurup, Sweden Dec 16, 2008
- 4.2 39 km WSW of Steninge, Sweden Aug 6, 2012
- 3.8 23 km NW of Ulfborg, Denmark Sep 16, 2018
- 3.5 7 km WSW of Bjæverskov, Denmark May 20, 2026
- 3.5 41 km WNW of Thyborøn, Denmark Oct 21, 2001
In the week before
Earthquakes within 30 km in the 7 days before this one: possible foreshocks.