People in the Upper Nitra region felt a quake
The information was confirmed by the Slovak Academy of Sciences.
Church in Nová Lehota, where inhabitants felt tremors (Source: Archive of TASR)
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The information was later confirmed by the Earth Science Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV).
“There was the epicentre of the earthquake with a magnitude of 3.1 near Nová Lehota,” the institute said, as quoted by the MY Horná Nitra regional daily. Nová Lehota is a borough of Handlová.
No damage
The town of Handlová has not reported any damage caused by the earthquake.
“Several inhabitants, mainly in the locality of Nová Lehota, felt the tremors, but this local earthquake did not cause any damage,” said Jana Paulínyová, as quoted by MY Horná Nitra. She added that tremors with a similar magnitude can occur 100,000 times a year.