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Earthquakes in Poland are a rare phenomenon. Most often they are caused by rock bursts in coal or copper mines. Natural ones appear in the Carpathian Mountains, Sudetes, or in the Trans-European Suture Zone. Sometimes events from other countries are felt in Poland.

Natural Earthquakes

Date Location Magnitude Damage/notes
5 June 1443 Sudetes? 6 (est.) According to the records in the Jan Długosz chronicle, the earthquake damaged buildings in Kraków and Wrocław killed 30 people. It was the strongest earthquake in the history of Poland. Other research localised the epicenter to Slovakia.
9 July 1662 Tatra Mountains < 6 (est.)
26 January 1774 near Racibórz 5 (est.)
25 August 1785 Wisła 5 (est.)
3 December 1786 Tresna 5.4 (est.) Damaged buildings in Kraków
1875 Hrubieszów 3.7
4 February – 8 March 1932 Płock, Łuków, Kock, Lublin, Bogoria, Jędrzejowo, Małogoszcz 4.0–4.5 Unusual earthquake swarm on the line of the Trans-European Suture Zone; series of small, shallow quakes, causing cracks in buildings and frozen ground. Cracks in the ground were 2 kilometers long and 1-2 centimeters wide.
20 November 2004 Czarny Dunajec 4.7 Damage to buildings including schools and a church
6 January 2012 Żerków 3.8 Small cracks in buildings; unusual quake in aseismic area
10 December 2017 Wodzisław Śląski, Prudnik, Bielsko-Biała 3.4
6 July 2020 Polkowice 4.9 No structural damage; one of the strongest, instrumental-registered quakes in Poland

Mining-induced earthquakes

Between 2015 and 2019, in Polish mines, 23 strong earthquakes occurred, killing 24 miners and damaging buildings on the surface.

Date Location Magnitude Damage/notes
29 November 1980 Bełchatów Coal Mine 4.7 Cracks in the ground; damaged chimney
20 July 1987 Lubin, Copper Mine 4.8-4.9 Four miners killed,
13 January 2005 KWK Rydułtowy-Anna, Rydułtowy 3.5
10 March 2013 KGHM O/ZG Rudna, Polkowice 4.6 19 miners rescued from collapsed part of mine
29 November 2016 KGHM O/ZG Rudna, Polkowice 4.4 8 miners killed
23 April 2022 KGHM O/ZG Zofiówka 2.7 10 miners killed, 20 others injured
22 August 2023 Bobrek Coal Mine 3.8 damaged chimney and car in Bytom,
5 October 2023 Staszic Coal Mine, Katowice 3.2
20 September 2024 Polkowice 3.6 No significant damage or casualties have been reported, as the tremor was moderate in intensity

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