M 5.6 earthquake – Germany
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Local time: Jun 27, 1935 · 18:19 (UTC+1)
ModerateShallow · 10 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 5.6moment magnitude (mw)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 48.065, 9.3419.0 km from Sigmaringen
- Energy released
- 3.8 kilotons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 30 km
- Significance
- 479USGS score, 0–1,000+
The strongest here since 1911
The last earthquake at least as strong within 300 km struck on Nov 16, 1911.
How strong was it?
Moderate earthquake. It released 3.8 kilotons of TNT, 7.9 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Germany.
- 6.2 2 km WNW of Kandersteg, Switzerland Jan 25, 1946
- 5.9 2 km SSE of Jungingen, Germany Nov 16, 1911
- 5.9 0 km WNW of Adelboden, Switzerland May 30, 1946
- 5.8 6 km NW of Meßstetten, Germany May 28, 1943
- 5.6 6 km ESE of Naters, Switzerland Apr 15, 1924
- 5.5 3 km SSW of Vöhringen, Germany Jul 20, 1913
- 5.5 12 km S of Gstaad, Switzerland May 19, 1954
- 5.4 1 km SSE of Kriens, Switzerland Mar 14, 1964