SID - Earthquake of 30th October 2016

Earthquake of 30^th October 2016

Date and time:	30.10.2016, 07:40:00 CET
Magnitude:	6.5
Region:	Central Italy, Perugia
Coordinates:	42.840° N, 13.110° E
Distance from NPP Temelin:	710 km
Distance from NPP Dukovany:	730 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.
The strongest one so far of a series which started on 24.8.2016 with an earthquake with magnitude 6,0, which had almost 300 casualties. Regional seismic activity was increased in the following weeks, but slowly weakening. On 26.10.2016 new earthquakes occurred with magnitudes comparable to the first one: at 19:10 CEST with magnitude 5.4 and at 21:18 CEST with magnitude 5.9. The event of 30.10.2016 is the strongest so far and its epicentre lies between those of August and of 26.10.2016. The October earthquakes caused much structural damage, but no casualties have been reported so far. An increased seismic activity in the region can again be expected in the following days and weeks.
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 (CET - 1 hour). Vertical axis shows ground velocity in mm/s.