SID - Earthquake of 24th August 2016

Earthquake of 24^th August 2016

Date and time:	24.08.2016, 03:36:32 CEST
Magnitude:	6.0
Region:	Central Italy, Rieti-Perugia-Ascoli Piceno
Coordinates:	42.700° N, 13.240° E
Distance from NPP Temelin:	730 km
Distance from NPP Dukovany:	750 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 devastating earthquake caused 294 casualties, many injuries and great material damage. By 1.9.2016 it has been followed by more than three thousand aftershocks, 160 of them with magnitude 3.0 and greater. The strongest so far on 24.8.2016 at 4:33 CEST had magnitude 5.3. An increased seismic activity in the region can be expected in the following days and weeks. On 31.8.2016 nine earthquakes occurred with magnitudes ranging from 3.1 to 3.9.
More details can be found at INGV or at the IPE Facebook.

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 (CEST - 2 hours). Vertical axis shows ground velocity in mm/s.