A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Jejkowice in Poland. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/07/24 / 2024-07-11 06:16:08 / July 11, 2024 @ 6:16 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8.513 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 06:16:08 / 6:16 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000myih. Id of event: us7000myih. Exact location of event, longitude 18.4742 East, latitude 50.1356 North, depth = 8.513 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Chocznia, Bruntál, Łazy (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Czech Republic (c. 10 476 000 pop), Poland (c. 38 500 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 42 km (26 miles) from Katowice (c. 317 300 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Ostrava (c. 313 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Sosnowiec (c. 227 300 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Gliwice (c. 198 800 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Zabrze (c. 192 200 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days 0 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 3 km N of Jejkowice, Poland.
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