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Fresh Earthquakes in Hungary Reported by Disaster Management Authority

• 21 Aug 2023 2:35 PM
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Several minor earthquakes occurred in eastern Hungary on Saturday, the disaster management authority told MTI.

At 11.13am, an earthquake registering a 4 on the Richter scale was reported near the town of Gyomaendrőd, in the southeast, the National Directorate of Disaster Management said, citing a report by the Kövesligeti Radó Seismology Observatory.

The tremor was felt in several nearby settlements, but so far the disaster management authority has received no reports of damage.

A few minutes later, another 4.0 magnitude earthquake was registered near Túrkeve in the east, with the tremors again being felt in nearby towns.

At 12.51pm, the observatory registered a 2.8 magnitude earthquake near the south-eastern town of Szarvas.

Later in the afternoon, two aftershocks with magnitudes of 2.8 and a 3.5 were registered around Szarvas, the observatory said, adding that more could be expected.

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