A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Luby in Czech Republic. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:54:03 / 8:54 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 12.4803 East, latitude 50.2553 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us1000ea82. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ea82. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/05/18 / 2018-05-22 19:54:03 / May 22, 2018 @ 7:54 pm.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nýřany, Pößneck, Flöha. Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from Chemnitz (c. 247 200 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Gera (c. 104 700 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Zwickau (c. 98 800 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Bayreuth (c. 75 100 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Plauen (c. 66 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Germany (c. 81 802 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 5 km E of Luby, Czech Republic. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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