Method for precisely locating a cable fault in a buried cable for transmitting electrical energy, wherein for determining a precise fault location (p) of the cable fault on the basis of an approximate position (u) of the cable fault previously determined by pre-location respective distances between a defective part (f) of the cable forming the cable fault and respective current positions of a mobile precise-locating device are determined by means of the mobile precise-locating device, wherein for determining a respective distance measurement value (s1, s2) for the distance between the precise fault location (p) and the respective current position of the mobile precise-locating device surge voltage pulses are fed into the cable and the time difference (Δt) between an electromagnetic pulse caused by one of the surge voltage pulses, which is detected by means of an electromagnetic sensor of the mobile precise-locating device, and an acoustic pulse caused by a flashover triggered by this surge voltage pulse at the cable fault, which is detected by means of a microphone, is measured by the mobile precise-locating device and based on this time difference (Δt) the respective distance measurement value (s1, s2) is determined by the mobile precise-locating device, characterised in that at a first current position and a second current position, which is different from the first, of the mobile precise-locating device a first and a second distance measurement value (s1, s2) are respectively determined by the mobile precise-locating device for the respective distance between the precise fault location (p) and the respective current position of the mobile precise-locating device and a first and a second position measurement value (a1, a2) are respectively determined by means of a GPS receiver of the mobile precise-locating device for the respective current position of the mobile precise-locating device and on the basis of the first and second position measurement values (a1, a2) and the first and second distance measurement values (s1, s2) at least one previously unknown possible fault location (o1, o2) is determined in that the distance between the possible fault location (o1, o2) and the first current position of the mobile precise-locating device corresponds to the first distance measurement value and the distance between the possible fault location (o1, o2) and the second current position of the mobile precise-locating device corresponds to the second distance measurement value, and in that in case only one possible fault location is obtained in this way, this corresponds to the precise fault location (p) and is displayed as a target location (z) on a display of the mobile precise-locating device in a map of the surroundings of the approximate position (u) of the cable fault, which is stored in the mobile precise-locating device or in an image captured by a camera of the mobile precise-locating device, and in case two possible fault locations (o1, o2) are obtained in this way, at a third current position of the mobile precise-locating device, which is different from the first and second positions and which is not on the same line as the first and second current positions of the mobile precise-locating device, a third distance measurement value is determined by the mobile precise-locating device for the distance between the precise fault location (p) and the current position of the mobile precise-locating device and a third position measurement value is determined by means of the GPS receiver for the current position of the mobile precise-locating device and on the basis of the third position measurement value and the third distance measurement value it is determined which of the two possible fault locations (o1, o2) corresponds to the precise fault location (p) by determining at which of the two possible fault locations (o1, o2) the distance from the third current position of the mobile precise-locating device corresponds to the third distance measurement value, and the precise fault location (p) determined in this way is displayed as a target location (z) on the display of the mobile precise-locating device in the map or in the image captured by the camera.