January 12, 2019 Earthquake: Rudna, Poland
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck Rudna, Poland on January 12, 2019 at 08:59:04 UTC, 1 km below the surface. It killed 1 person.
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
- January 12, 2019
- Time
- 08:59:04 UTC
- Place
- Rudna, Poland
- Magnitude
- 3.7 (ML)
- Focal depth
- 1 km (1 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 51.547° N, 16.111° E
- Country
- Poland
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 6
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
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.
One miner killed and 6 injured at a mine near Rudna. (reference #1053)
One miner has been confirmed dead, and six were injured after a quake hit Polish mine "Rudna" in the southern Polish city of Polkowice. The quake at a mine, belonging to Polish copper giant KGHM, occurred at around 10am on Saturday."A commission is now to be set up to probe the details of the collapse," KGHM's spokesperson Lidia Marcinkowska-Bartkowiak has said.Three of the injured miners are in a serious condition. (reference #12344)
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 10387.