SID - Earthquake of 15th April 2021

Earthquake of 15^th April 2021

Date and time:	15.04.2021, 08:56:13 CEST
Magnitude:	0.9
Region:	Czech Republic, Orlík water reservoir
Coordinates:	49.567° N, 14.185° E
Distance from NPP Temelin:	44 km
Distance from NPP Dukovany:	150 km

Additional info:
The earthquake was probably not felt by people in the Czech Republic and no damage to buildings or infrastructure is expected here.
Weak earthquakes from this area are quite frequently observed. The strongest earthquake so far from the Orlík reservoir region of 13.1.2007 with magnitude 2.3 was felt by many people in the surrounding area.

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.