SID - Earthquake of 6th April 2009

Earthquake of 6^th April 2009

Date and time:	06.04.2009, 03:32:42 CEST
Magnitude:	6.3
Region:	Italy, Abruzzo, Aquila
Coordinates:	42.423° N, 13.300° E
Distance from NPP Temelin:	760 km
Distance from NPP Dukovany:	770 km

Additional info:
The earthquake was not felt by people in the Czech Republic and no damage to buildings or infrastructure is expected here.
The earthquake caused death of more than 300 people, many injuries and great material damage. Seismic activity in the region continued in the following days by a series of aftershocks. Six more earthquakes with magnitude 5.0 and greater were recorded.

Seismogram of the earthquake from a station of the IPE local seismological network monitoring NPP Temelín. Time in the seismograms is in UTC (CEST - 2 hours). Vertical axis shows ground velocity in mm/s.