A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Orzesze in Poland on Monday. All ids that are associated to the event: us70006z56. Unique identifier: us70006z56. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/01/20 / 2020-01-13 13:34:17 / January 13, 2020 @ 1:34 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). The temblor was detected at 14:34:17 / 2:34 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 18.7712° East, latitude 50.1329° North, depth = 5 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Czech Republic (c. 10 476 000 pop), Poland (c. 38 500 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jordanów, Kysucké Nové Mesto, Miechów. Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Kraków (c. 755 100 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Katowice (c. 317 300 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Ostrava (c. 313 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Częstochowa (c. 248 100 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Sosnowiec (c. 227 300 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Gliwice (c. 198 800 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 have been detected nearby.
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