On Thursday, seismographs in Píseck recorded an earthquake with a magnitude of 3.9. According to the Institute of Geophysics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, it was a moderate earthquake by Czech standards. A magnitude of 3.9 is not common in the country. The outbreak was roughly 18 kilometers underground at 11:41 a.m. near Mirotic in Písecko. However, people might feel the tremors even within a radius of several kilometers, said Jakub Klicpera from the Institute of Geophysics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.
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Seismographs recorded an earthquake with a magnitude of 3.9 today in Písek (illustrative photo) | Source: Profimedia
“These are shocks that should cause virtually no damage. A force of 3.9 is nothing exceptional on a global scale, but it is relatively rare by Czech standards,” Klicpera described.
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“The depth of the epicenter of 18 kilometers is double compared to the tremors that occur in western Bohemia. The deeper the epicenter is, the less it will affect the surface,” he added. According to public feedback on social networks, earthquakes were recorded from Blatná na Strakonicka to Vimperk na Prachaticka.
According to mayor Martina Mikšíčková (SNK of the city of Mirotice), there is apparently no damage in Mirotice. “We are going around the houses and checking the situation. We have not found anything yet, but we cannot rule out that possible damage will appear over time,” Mikšíčková described.
She added that the tremors lasted a few seconds. “We heard a bang and a thud and the windows were shaking. It was not pleasant at all, because no one knew what was going on,” said the mayor.
This is not a very frequent phenomenon for the South Bohemian Region. Earthquakes occur most often in Karlovy Vary. “We are also experiencing tremors in Ostrava. In the case of today’s place, we can’t say that it’s surprising, but it’s definitely not that common,” Klicpera said.
Experts last registered a similar phenomenon in southern Bohemia more than ten years ago. In January 2012, the geophysical institute recorded earthquakes in Český Krumlov with a magnitude of 2.4. In February of this year, a micro-earthquake with a magnitude of 0.6 occurred in Jistebnica in Táborsk.
The last time a major earthquake occurred in the Czech Republic was last November. At the time, seismographs in Chebsk recorded a 3.25-magnitude tremor.
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