SID - Earthquake of 26th October 2016

Earthquake of 26^th October 2016

Date and time:	26.10.2016, 21:18:05 CEST
Magnitude:	5.9
Region:	Central Italy, Macerata
Coordinates:	42.920° N, 13.130° E
Distance from NPP Temelin:	700 km
Distance from NPP Dukovany:	720 km

Additional info:
The earthquake could have been felt by people in the Czech Republic. If you felt it too you can report your experience HERE. No damage to buildings or infrastructure is expected here.
Continuation of a series of earthquakes which started on 24.8.2016 and has been much weaker lately. This earthquake was preceded by a shock with magnitude 5.4 at 17:10 CEST. An increased seismic activity in the region can be expected in the following days and weeks.
The strongest event from the series so far with magnitude 6.5 was recorded on 30.10.2016 at 7:40 CET.
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.