SID - Earthquake of 21st February 2026

Earthquake of 21^st February 2026

Date and time:	21.02.2026, 13:44:04 CET
Magnitude:	4.2
Region:	Slovakia, Šamorín
Coordinates:	47.986° N, 17.367° E
Distance from NPP Temelin:	260 km
Distance from NPP Dukovany:	150 km

Additional info:
The earthquake could have been felt by people in the Czech Republic, but no damage to buildings or infrastructure is expected here.
The earthquake was widely felt by people in Slovakia, Hungary and Austria. There have been no felt reports from the Czech Republic yet.
More details can be found at the Slovak seismological survey webpage.

Seismogram of the earthquake from stations of the IPE local seismological networks monitoring the Czech NPPs. The upper track is from Temelín network and the lower one from Dukovany network. Time in the seismograms is in UTC (CET - 1 hour). Vertical axis shows ground velocity in mm/s.