A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Polkowice in Poland. The temblor was picked up at 05:31:05 / 5:31 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us6000rtb6. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rtb6. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/12/25 / 2025-12-08 05:31:05 / December 8, 2025 @ 5:31 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 16.0524° East, 51.5106° North.
Earthquake epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Wrocław (c. 634 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Wałbrzych (c. 127 400 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Zielona Góra (c. 118 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Legnica (c. 106 000 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Jelenia Góra (c. 87 300 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Lubin (c. 77 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Poland (c. 38 500 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Frýdlant, Głuszyca, Opalenica.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 1 km WNW of Polkowice, Poland.
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