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Thu, 24 Apr 2025, 09:25 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
A very shallow magnitude 2.8 earthquake was reported in the morning near Tychy, Silesia, Poland.
According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the quake hit on Thursday, April 24th, 2025, at 11:06 am local time at a very shallow depth of 2. 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.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Miedzna (pop. 1,600) located 2 km from the epicenter.
Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Pszczyna (pop. 25,300) located 7 km from the epicenter, Czechowice-Dziedzice (pop. 34,700) 10 km away, Bierun (pop. 19,700) 10 km away, Tychy (pop. 130,000) 16 km away, and Bielsko-Biala (pop. 176,500) 20 km away. In Myslowice (pop. 74,600, 25 km away), Jaworzno (pop. 96,500, 28 km away), and Katowice (pop. 317,300, 29 km away), the quake was probably
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