Earthquake series shakes Neunkirchen: Tenth tremendous shake within two weeks!

Earthquake series shakes Neunkirchen: Tenth tremendous shake within two weeks!

In southern Lower Austria, the earth trembled again, and many residents felt that clearly. On Thursday at 1.45 p.m., the Austrian earthquake service registered a quake with a magnitude of 3.1, which took place at a depth of 8 kilometers. This was already the tenth earthquake within just two weeks in the district of Neunkirchen, as well as Kurier . Users in social media described the experience as "scary" and said they had never felt such strong shocks. Some smaller objects have fallen over, while experts from Geosphere Austria could not rule out slight damage such as cracks in the plaster on older buildings.

another quake in series

The current shock is part of a series of quake that has been recorded since the beginning of the cluster on March 30, 2023. At that time there was a strong quake with a magnitude of 4.2. The earthquakes in the region are not unusual because the Viennese pool extends by a few millimeters every year. As a result, the resulting tensions discharge in the form of light earthquakes. Also on Sunday at 11:22 p.m., many people felt a shock, which was reported via noe.orf.at . However, damage to buildings was not determined.

The region has experienced several times in the past few months, with 320 earthquakes being registered in the Vienna Basin only within a month. Regular exchange and monitoring of these geological activities are crucial, since experts note that an accumulation of small earthquakes could possibly indicate a forced stronger quake. Nevertheless, a forecast is currently impossible, as the geologists emphasize.