The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported a magnitude 2.8 earthquake in Poland near Chrzanow, Chrzanów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, just 6 minutes ago. The earthquake struck in the early afternoon on Saturday, October 17th, 2026, at 3:15 pm local time, at a shallow depth of 10 km. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the earthquake may be revised over the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review the data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their reports.Weak shaking may have been felt in Libiaz (pop. 17,800), located 2 km from the epicenter, and Chrzanow (pop. 40,000), 5 km away.Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the earthquake may have been felt as very weak shaking include Trzebinia (pop. 18,800), located 11 km from the epicenter; Jaworzno (pop. 96,500), 11 km away; Oswiecim (pop. 34,200), 13 km away; and Myslowice (pop. 72,100), 16 km away. In Sosnowiec (pop. 227,300, 25 km away), Katowice (pop. 287,000, 28 km away), and Krakow (pop. 804,200, 43 km away), the earthquake was probably not felt.Earthquake data: Date & time: Oct 17, 2026 03:15 pm (GMT +2) local time (17 Oct 2026 13:15 GMT)Magnitude: 2.8Hypocenter depth: 10.00 kmEpicenter coordinates: 50.11°N / 19.34°E (Powiat chrzanowski, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland)Primary data source: EMSC