As of: February 1, 2024, 8:59 a.m
By: Julian Mayr
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The earth is shaking again in Austria.
With a magnitude of 4.4, the earthquake in the east of the country was also felt in the capital Vienna.
Vienna – Austria is not known as a typical earthquake country.
And yet the earth there has been shaking more frequently lately.
At the beginning of the year, earthquakes in the south of the country shook people in Carinthia awake.
In mid-January, a series of earthquakes shook the western state of Tyrol, with 15 tremors within ten days.
Now, at the turn of the month, the earth also shook in eastern Austria - and it was relatively strong.
Nighttime earthquake of magnitude 4.4 in eastern Austria
At 2:59 a.m. on the night of February 1st, the earth shook in the south of Lower Austria.
According to the geological service GeoSphere, the epicenter of the earthquake was southwest of Gloggnitz, near the border with the state of Styria.
With a magnitude of 4.4, the earthquake was clearly felt in the area of the epicenter, writes seismologist Anna Smith.
A relatively strong earthquake occurred near Gloggnitz in Lower Austria on February 1, 2024.
(Archive image) © Handl/imagebroker/Imago Screenshot GeoSphere
The latest earthquake was the strongest in Austria in almost three years.
In spring 2021, the earth also shook in Lower Austria with a similar strength.
The quake apparently woke numerous people from their sleep, as witness reports on social media show.
“It really shook us out of bed at three in the morning.
A real rumble,” wrote one user on Facebook.
Austria: Earthquake also felt in Vienna and possibly beyond
However, the earthquake is said to have been felt far beyond Lower Austria.
There are reports from the capital Vienna of people who were jolted awake.
A reader from
derstandard.at
reports noticeable tremors in western Styria.
As today.at reports, the earthquake could also have been felt in parts of Hungary and Slovakia.
Strongest earthquake in recent years |
Magnitude |
Neunkirchen (Lower Austria), April 2021 |
4.4 |
Neunkirchen, March 2021 |
4.6 |
Ardning (Styria), January 2021 |
4.5 |
Bad Eisenkappel (Carinthia), February 2013 |
4.4 |
Mürzzuschlag (Styria), May 2009 |
4.3 |
Data: GeoSphere Austria
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“We saw it live!
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