July 1, 2019 Earthquake: Katowice, Poland

Name: July 1, 2019 Earthquake: Katowice, Poland
Start: 2019-07-01
Location: Katowice, Poland

July 1, 2019 · M3.1 · 3 deaths

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck Katowice, Poland on July 1, 2019 at 12:12:06 UTC. It killed 3 people.

Map

Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.

The earthquake

Date: July 1, 2019
Time: 12:12:06 UTC
Place: Katowice, Poland
Magnitude: 3.1 (Ms)
Tsunami: None recorded
Epicenter: 50.287° N, 18.997° E
Country: Poland

The toll

Deaths: 3
Injuries: 6

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

What the record says

NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.

Suspected Mining induced. (reference #165)

Three miners died after a tremor on Monday at a Polish coal mine owned by mining group PGG, the company said, in the deadliest incident in the country's mining industry this year. The quake with a magnitude of 2.66 was felt on Monday afternoon in the Staszic coal mine in the town of Katowice, the heart of Poland's coal region. Nine miners were present in the area when the incident occurred, PGG spokesman Tomasz Glogowski said. Six others were taken to hospital after the incident, he said without giving further details. (reference #12458)

Other significant earthquakes nearby

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Sources

Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 10421.