The church in Jankovce, eastern Slovakia, is damaged following an earthquake on October 9, 2023. (source: TASR)
A mild earthquake was recorded in the east of Slovakia on Thursday shortly before 14:00. According to the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre, the earthquake had a magnitude of 3.0.
It came from a depth of nine kilometres, its epicentre 50 kilometres north of Košice and 16 kilometres northwest of Humenné. According to seismology.sk, the epicentre was near the village of Jankovce.
A quake of this size can be felt, but causes only minor damage.
Until February, seismologists have recorded more than 10 localised weak aftershocks since last year’s earthquake in eastern Slovakia (October 9) with a magnitude of 4.9. Most of them have a magnitude of 1 to 1.5.
The quake from last year affected life in 24 villages in eastern Slovakia and caused damage of €16 million. Its epicentre was in Ďapalovce.
