Moderate mag. 4.2 earthquake - 7.7 km northwest of Lubin, Lower Silesia, Poland, on Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at 5:24 pm (GMT +2) -

Moderate magnitude 4.2 earthquake at 10 km depth

3 May 15:26 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 2 minutes.
3 May 15:30: Magnitude recalculated from 4.2 to 4.0. Epicenter location corrected by 5.3 km (3.3 mi) towards SW.
3 May 15:57: Now using data updates from USGS

Update Tue, 3 May 2022, 15:30

Magnitude 4.2 earthquake strikes near Lubin, Lubin County, Lower Silesia, Poland

4.2 quake 3 May 5:24 pm (GMT +2)

The German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported a magnitude 4.2 quake in Poland near Lubin, Lubin County, Lower Silesia, only 6 minutes ago. The earthquake hit in the afternoon on Tuesday, May 3rd, 2022, at 5:24 pm local time at a shallow depth of 10 km. 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.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake which listed the quake at magnitude 4.2 as well. A third agency, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), reported the same quake at magnitude 3.7.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake was probably felt by many people in the area of the epicenter. It should not have caused significant damage, other than objects falling from shelves, broken windows, etc.
In Polkowice (pop. 21,600) located 5 km from the epicenter, the quake should have been felt as light shaking.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Lubin (pop. 77,500) located 14 km from the epicenter, Glogow (pop. 68,500) 16 km away, and Legnica (pop. 106,000) 35 km away.
Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Nowa Sol (pop. 40,400) located 43 km from the epicenter, Goldberg (pop. 16,600) 46 km away, Leszno (pop. 63,600) 47 km away, Bolesławiec (pop. 40,700) 49 km away, and Breslau (pop. 634,900) 78 km away.

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Earthquake data

Earthquake details

Date & time	May 3, 2022 15:24:01 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at 5:24 pm (GMT +2)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.2
Depth	9.5 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	51.4458°N / 16.1174°E (Lubin County, Lower Silesia, Poland)
Antipode	51.446°S / 163.883°W
Shaking intensity	Weak shaking
Felt	5 reports
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	7 km (4 mi) SSE of Polkowice (polkowicki) (pop: 21,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 8 km (5 mi) NW of Lubin (pop: 77,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 24 km (15 mi) S of Glogow (pop: 68,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 26 km (16 mi) N of Legnica (pop: 106,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 38 km (24 mi) NNE of Goldberg (Złotoryja County, Woiwodschaft Niederschlesien) (pop: 16,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 43 km (27 mi) ENE of Bolesławiec (pop: 40,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 44 km (27 mi) N of Jawor (pop: 23,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 67 km (41 mi) NNE of Jelenia Gora (Woiwodschaft Niederschlesien) (pop: 87,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 74 km (46 mi) WNW of Breslau (pop: 634,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 347 km (216 mi) WSW of Warszawa (Mazovia) (pop: 1,702,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Broken Clouds 17.3°C (63 F), humidity: 51%, wind: 2 m/s (4 kts) from NW
Estimated seismic energy released	1.3 x 10¹¹ joules (35 megawatt hours, equivalent to 30.1 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.2	9.5 km	7 Km SSE of Polkowice, Poland	USGS
3.8	10 km	POLAND	EMSC
4.2	9.5 km	Poland	RaspberryShake
3.9	5 km	Poland	GFZ

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Adama Mickiewicza 66, Lubin / Light shaking (MMI IV) / rattling, vibrating / 1-2 s : it was scary | 6 users found this interesting.

Oleśnica (91.9 km ESE of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / vertical swinging (up and down) / 10-15 s : Drżały szafki oraz myślałem że zaraz telewizor mi upadnie w bloku mieszkam i głośny huk z ulicy był jak pod czas wypadku | 3 users found this interesting.

Lubin / Light shaking (MMI IV) : Przez kilka sekund bujał się blok 4 piętra | 3 users found this interesting.

Koszalin / not felt : Podziękowania dla KGHM. Dziwię się że wogole Polkowice jeszcze swobodnie stoją i się nie zapadly

Jelenia Góra (66.4 km SSW of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / rattling, vibrating / 1-2 s

02692 Großpostwitz (122 km WSW of epicenter) [Map] / not felt

Lidzbark Warmiński / not felt (reported through our app)

Berlin / not felt (reported through our app)

Linz / not felt (reported through our app)

Potsdam / not felt (reported through our app)

lubin / Light shaking (MMI IV) / 1-2 s

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