Small magnitude 3.1 earthquake 15 km northwest of Legnica, Poland
Sat, 6 Mar 2021, 17:03
17:03 PM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
3.1 quake 6 Mar 5:43 pm (GMT +1)
The event was filed by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), the first seismological agency to report it.
A second report was later issued by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), which listed it as a magnitude 3.1 earthquake as well.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Michałow (pop. 200) located 5 km from the epicenter, Legnica (pop. 106,000) 15 km away, Lubin (pop. 77,500) 16 km away, Złotoryja (pop. 16,600) 22 km away, and Polkowice (pop. 21,600) 22 km away. In Jawor (pop. 23,900, 31 km away), Bolesławiec (pop. 40,700, 32 km away), Głogow (pop. 68,500, 40 km away), and Breslavia (pop. 634,900, 74 km away), the quake was probably not felt.
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Earthquake data:
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Date & time: 6 Mar 2021 5:43 pm (GMT +1) local time (6 Mar 2021 16:43 GMT)
Magnitude: 3.1
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 51.31°N / 16.02°E
(Lubin County, Lower Silesia, Poland)Primary data source: GFZ
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