Small magnitude 2.8 quake hits 9 km southwest of Schluechtern, Germany early evening

An earthquake of magnitude 2.8 occurred only 9 minutes ago 9 km southwest of Schluechtern, Germany, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported.
The quake hit at a shallow depth of 10. km beneath the epicenter near Schluechtern, Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany, early evening on Wednesday, December 10th, 2025, at 6:27 pm local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
A second report was later issued by the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, which listed it as a magnitude 2.8 earthquake as well.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Steinau an der Strasse (pop. 11,300) located 4 km from the epicenter, and Schluechtern (pop. 17,300) 9 km away. In Gelnhausen (pop. 21,900, 21 km away), Buedingen (pop. 21,600, 24 km away), Fulda (pop. 63,800, 34 km away), Alzenau in Unterfranken (pop. 18,900, 35 km away), Aschaffenburg (pop. 68,600, 40 km away), Hanau am Main (pop. 88,600, 41 km away), and Offenbach (pop. 119,200, 53 km away), the quake was probably not felt.

Earthquake data:
Date & time: Dec 10, 2025 06:27 pm (Berlin time) local time (10 Dec 2025 17:27 GMT)
Magnitude: 2.8
Depth: 10.00 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 50.28°N / 9.45°E (Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Hesse, Germany)
Primary data source: GFZ
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