A very shallow magnitude 2.9 earthquake was reported in the evening near Jaworzno, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the quake hit on Thursday, October 16th, 2025, at 9:02 pm local time at a very shallow depth of 9.30 km. Shallow earthquakes are felt more strongly than deeper ones as they are closer to the surface. 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.A second report was later issued by the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, which listed it as a magnitude 2.9 earthquake as well. A third agency, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), reported the same quake at magnitude 2.9.Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Jaworzno (pop. 96,500) located 2 km from the epicenter, Myslowice (pop. 74,600) 9 km away, Sosnowiec (pop. 227,300) 17 km away, Dabrowa Gornicza (pop. 118,300) 17 km away, Bedzin (pop. 58,200) 19 km away, and Katowice (pop. 317,300) 20 km away. In Tychy (pop. 130,000, 24 km away), Chorzow (pop. 113,400, 26 km away), and Krakow (pop. 755,100, 48 km away), the quake was probably not felt.Earthquake data: Date & time: Oct 16, 2025 09:02 pm (GMT +2) local time (16 Oct 2025 19:02 GMT)Magnitude: 2.9Depth: 9.30 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 50.19°N / 19.29°E (Jaworzno, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland)Primary data source: EMSC