List of earthquakes in Poland

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.[1] Other research localised the epicenter to Slovakia.[2]
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[3]
1875 Hrubieszów 3.7 [4]
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.[5]
20 November 2004 Czarny Dunajec 4.7 Damage to buildings including schools and a church[6]
6 January 2012 Żerków 3.8 Small cracks in buildings; strangle quake in aseismic area[7]
10 December 2017 Wodzisław Śląski, Prudnik, Bielsko-Biała 3.4 [8][9]
6 July 2020 Polkowice 4.9 No structural damage; one of the strongest, instrumental-registered quakes in Poland[10]

Mining-induced earthquakes

Between 2015 and 2019, in Polish mines, 23 strong earthquakes occurred, killing 24 miners and damaging buildings on the surface.[11]

Date Location Magnitude Damage/notes
29 November 1980 Bełchatów Coal Mine 4.7 Cracks in the ground; damaged chimney[12]
13 January 2005 KWK Rydułtowy-Anna, Rydułtowy 3.5 [13]
10 March 2013 KGHM O/ZG Rudna, Polkowice 4.6 19 miners rescued from collapsed part of mine[14]
29 November 2016 KGHM O/ZG Rudna, Polkowice 4.4 8 miners killed[15]

References
  1. "W 1443 roku w Polsce doszło do najsilniejszego w historii kraju trzęsienia ziemi". www.rp.pl.
  2. Guterch, Barbara (2009). "Sejsmicznoœæ Polski w œwietle danych historycznych" (PDF). Przegl¹d Geologiczny (in Polish). 57 (6). Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  3. "Krakowskie trzęsienia ziemi". Dziennik Polski. May 28, 2011.
  4. "Trzęsienia ziemi Wydawnictwo Szkolne PWN". WSPWN.
  5. Gołębiewski, Grzegorz. "Trzęsienie ziemi w powiecie płockim w lutym i marcu 1932" (PDF). Notatki Płockie. 230: 24–29.
  6. Razowski, Łukasz (2009-11-30). "Pięć lat temu Podhale nawiedziło trzęsienie ziemi". Gazeta Krakowska (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  7. "Trzęsienie ziemi w Żerkowie". Państwowy Instytut Geologiczny - PIB (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  8. Andrzej Dereń. "Zatrzęsło ziemią bardzo blisko Prudnika! | Teraz Prudnik!" (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-11-12.
  9. "Trzęsienie ziemi miało centrum w Polsce, a nie w Czechach". www.nowiny.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-11-12.
  10. "Wstrząs sejsmiczny w rejonie Polkowic (LGOM)". Państwowy Instytut Geologiczny - PIB (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  11. "WUG: w 2019 r. blisko 1,8 tys. silnych wstrząsów w kopalniach węgla i rud miedzi". forsal.pl. May 20, 2020.
  12. https://geojournals.pgi.gov.pl/pg/article/download/18441/14620&usg=AOvVaw1HrlYkDR32RghDXFdE1QMy
  13. "Tąpnięcie w kopalni Rydułtowy". Rybnik.
  14. "Wstrząs w kopalni Rudna: To było jak trzęsienie ziemi (RELACJE GÓRNIKÓW, AKCJA MINUTA PO MINUCIE)". Gazeta Wrocławska. March 20, 2013.
  15. "Silny wstrząs w kopalni KGHM Rudna. Ośmiu górników nie żyje [ZDJĘCIA, WIDEO]". Wroclaw Wyborcza.
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