Overview
- Saxony’s environmental agency reported four light quakes on Wednesday, with a preliminary maximum magnitude of 2.7.
- GFZ data the same day listed at least five events above magnitude 2, including two at magnitude 2.8 recorded at 10:58 and 13:26.
- Residents reported perceptible shaking in Bad Brambach and Markneukirchen, with reports as far as Grünhain-Beierfeld about 45 kilometers away.
- Instruments counted roughly 3,000 small events in the first half of the day, indicating an exceptionally high short-term rate.
- Specialists note hypocenters trending shallower near the Saxony–Czech border and say the sequence’s duration remains uncertain.