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Minor earthquake: M2.9 quake has struck near Bytom in Poland

Posted by admin on May 18, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 50.3547S, 18.8952WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Bytom in Poland on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/04/25 / 2025-04-29 18:33:05 / April 29, 2025 @ 6:33 pm. The temblor was detected at 18:33:05 / 6:33 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000pzdt. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pzdt. Exact location, longitude 18.8952° East, latitude 50.3547° North, depth = 5 km.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Czech Republic (c. 10 476 000 pop), Poland (c. 38 500 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 14 km (9 miles) from Katowice (c. 317 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Ostrava (c. 313 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Częstochowa (c. 248 100 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Sosnowiec (c. 227 300 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Gliwice (c. 198 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Třinec, Opole, Głogówek.

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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 2 km WNW of Bytom, Poland. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 18.8952° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 50.3547° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2 km WNW of Bytom, Poland Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-04-29 18:33:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-18 13:38:56 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 130 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 16 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.595 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.16 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 65 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000pzdt Id of event.
Event Code 7000pzdt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pzdt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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