Small tremor of magnitude 3.2 just reported 20 km southwest of Belchatow, Poland

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake near Belchatow, Bełchatów County, Wojewodztwo Lodzkie, Poland, was reported only 21 minutes ago by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), considered one of the key international agencies that monitor seismic activity worldwide. The earthquake occurred at a very shallow depth of 7. km beneath the epicenter early afternoon on Monday, January 26th, 2026, at 3:00 pm local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Sulmierzyce (pop. 1,400) located 7 km from the epicenter.
Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Belchatow (pop. 62,900) located 20 km from the epicenter, and Radomsko (pop. 44,700) 28 km away. In Piotrkow Trybunalski (pop. 80,100, 42 km away), Zdunska Wola (pop. 44,500, 43 km away), Pabianice (pop. 70,500, 49 km away), Czestochowa (pop. 248,100, 49 km away), Sieradz (pop. 44,400, 50 km away), and Lodz (pop. 768,800, 63 km away), the quake was probably not felt.

Earthquake data:
Date & time: Jan 26, 2026 03:00 pm (GMT +1) local time (26 Jan 2026 14:00 GMT)
Magnitude: 3.2
Depth: 7.00 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 51.24°N / 19.16°E (Powiat belchatowski, Wojewodztwo Lodzkie, Poland)
Primary data source: EMSC
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