Česky Earthquake of 4th August 2014
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Date and time: 04.08.2014, 01:58:40 CEST
Magnitude: 3.6
Region: Czech Republic, West Bohemia, Nový Kostel
Coordinates: 50.226° N, 12.446° E
Distance from NPP Temelin: 180 km
Distance from NPP Dukovany:300 km
Additional info:
The earthquake was widely felt by people. Near the epicentre the intensity reached level V on the EMS-98 macroseismic scale. If you felt the earthquake too you can report your experience here. It was followed by a number of weaker shocks. Some more earthquakes of such magnitude can be observed in the next few days but no greater damage is expected by this type of earthquakes.
It presented no threat to any of the Czech NPPs.
More details can be found at the Geophysical Institute.
Seismogram
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.