SID - Earthquake of 20th May 2012

Earthquake of 20^th May 2012

Date and time:	20.05.2012, 04:03:53 CEST
Magnitude:	6.1
Region:	Italy, NW of Bologna
Coordinates:	44.900° N, 11.240° E
Distance from NPP Temelin:	530 km
Distance from NPP Dukovany:	600 km

Additional info:
The earthquake was probably not felt by people in the Czech Republic and no damage to buildings or infrastructure is expected here.
The earthquake was followed by a number of aftershocks, many of them rather strong.

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.