Overview
- Residents in the Tachov district and nearby Bavarian towns woke to a loud bang and a strong shock in the night of Friday, October 23, 2026.
- The Geophysikalisches Institut of the Czech Academy of Sciences' automatic readout put the quake at about magnitude 3.5 and 9 km depth while the EMSC reported magnitude 3.3 and 16 km depth.
- Local officials and media say no structural damage has been reported so far and eyewitnesses described the sound like a cannon shot or a heavy truck passing.
- Bavarian and Czech monitoring services have logged the event and stressed that these automatic measurements are provisional and will be reviewed by scientists to reconcile differences.
- The area has repeated small-to-moderate quakes in recent decades, including a M2.2 event in 2022 and a damaging M4.6 near Cheb in 1985, so authorities will monitor for aftershocks and collect public reports to refine the record.