People in Slovakia felt night earthquake near Vienna

The earthquake was measured by a national network of seismic stations.

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An earthquake that occurred on the night of April 20 south of Vienna, Austria, in the surrounding town Neunkirchen, was also felt in Bratislava.

The strongest tremors with a magnitude of 4.4 were noticed shortly before 1:00, the agency APA referring to Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG) reported.

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Kristián Csicsay from the Earth Science Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences confirmed it and noted that they have 30 macroseismic questionnaires already filled in.

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The earthquake was measured by a national network of seismic stations as well. It could be observed as a seismogram from the Modra station.

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