A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Chelm Slaski in Poland on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude 19.2224° East, latitude 50.1094° North, depth = 7.03 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7.03 km (4 miles). The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:28:10 / 12:28 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/11/15 / 2015-11-17 23:28:10 / November 17, 2015 @ 11:28 pm. Id of earthquake: us10003z68. Event ids that are associated: us10003z68.
The epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Kraków (c. 755 100 pop), 22 km (13 miles) from Katowice (c. 317 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Ostrava (c. 313 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Częstochowa (c. 248 100 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Sosnowiec (c. 227 300 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Gliwice (c. 198 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Czech Republic (c. 10 476 000 pop), Poland (c. 38 500 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Turzovka, Kravaře, Tvrdošín.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 1 km E of Chelm Slaski, Poland. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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