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Tuesday, Dec 16, 2025 00:22 | 6 mins ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor

An earthquake of magnitude 2.9 occurred early morning on Tuesday, December 16th, 2025, at 1:01 am local time near Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, as reported by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC).
According to preliminary data, the quake was located at a shallow depth of 10. km. Shallow earthquakes are felt more strongly than deeper ones as they are closer to the surface. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
A second report was later issued by the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, which listed it as a magnitude 2.9 earthquake as well. A third agency, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), reported the same quake at magnitude 2.8.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Czeladz (pop. 34,300) located 2 km from the epicenter, Siemianowice Slaskie (pop. 73,100) 2 km away, Sosnowiec (pop. 227,300) 5 km away, Chorzow (pop. 113,400) 5 km away, Bedzin (pop. 58,200) 6 km away, Katowice (pop. 317,300) 6 km away, Bytom (pop. 189,200) 9 km away, Dabrowa Gornicza (pop. 117,000) 11 km away, and Ruda Slaska (pop. 146,200) 15

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Date and TimeMag
DepthDistanceLocationDetailsMap Dec 15, 02:53 am (GMT +9)

3.5

264 km89 km (55 mi) to the E Banda Sea, 248 km south of Ambon, Kota Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia  I FELT IT

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Dec 13, 08:15 pm (GMT +9)

3.8

296 km72 km (45 mi) to the NE Banda Sea, 211 km south of Ambon, Kota Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia  I FELT IT

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Nov 28, 02:11 pm (GMT +9)

4.3

393 km56 km (35 mi) to the W Banda Sea, 159 km northwest of Pulau Damar Island, Maluku, Indonesia InfoOct 25, 08:09 pm (GMT +9)

4.1

407 km70 km (43 mi) to the SW Banda Sea, 152 km north of Pulau Romang Island, Maluku, Indonesia InfoOct 22, 08:43 pm (GMT +9)

4.4

280 km94 km (58 mi) to the NE Banda Sea, 154 km southwest of Pulau Banda Besar Island, Maluku, Indonesia InfoOct 17, 04:12 am (GMT +9)

4.3

325 km42 km (26 mi) to the E Banda Sea, 152 km north of Pulau Damar Island, Maluku, Indonesia InfoOct 8, 03:06 am (GMT +9)

4.1

279 km64 km (40 mi) to the SE Banda Sea, 91 km north of Pulau Damar Island, Maluku, Indonesia InfoNov 8, 2023 01:53 pm (GMT +9)

7.1

6 km164 km (102 mi) to the E Banda Sea InfoJan 10, 2023 02:47 am (Jayapura)

7.9

131 km270 km (168 mi) to the SE Banda Sea, 101 km northeast of Pulau Wetan Island, Maluku, Indonesia 880 reportsInfoDec 30, 2021 03:25 am (Jayapura)

7.3

165 km195 km (121 mi) to the S Banda Sea, 19 km east of Pulau Romang Island, Maluku, Indonesia 1221 reportsInfoJun 24, 2021 11:24 am (Jayapura)

5.9

358 km26 km (16 mi) to

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