Description
On Monday, October 9, 2023, 20:23 CEST, an earthquake with a local magnitude of 4.9 occurred in Eastern Slovakia with an epicenter near the village of Ďapalovce. The epicentral macroseismic intensity reached 8° EMS-98. It was the strongest earthquake on the territory of Slovakia in more than 100 years (since earthquake on the night of January 9-10, 1906 near the municipality Dobrá Voda, nowadays Trnava region). The macroseismic effects were reported from more than 540 municipalities and damage was verified to 80 sites.
Looking at the earthquake catalogue for the territory of Slovakia, the location of the epicenter and the magnitude of October 9, 2023 earthquake are not surprising in terms of the historical seismic activity of the Vranov nad Topľou and Humenné regions (a series of three earthquakes between 1778-1779 with a magnitude of around 5.0, earthquakes in 1885, 1890, 1893, 1914, 1932, 1941 with magnitudes between 4.5 and 5.0). The 2023 earthquake undoubtedly contributed to the increased interest in studying the historical and recent seismic activity of eastern Slovakia and raised the need to update the seismic hazard map of the territory of Slovakia.
| Pracovisko fakulty (katedra)/ Department of Faculty | Katedra astronómie, fyziky Zeme a meteorológie |
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| Tlač postru/ Print poster | Budem požadovať tlač /I hereby required to print the poster in faculty |
