2008 Scania earthquake

Earthquake in Sweden usp000gqq0 13402913 2008 Skåne County earthquake 2008 12 16 y Baltic Sea 4.3 w y V 24.8 km onEB 13402913 06:20:01 2008-12-16 05:20:01 55.56 N 13.6 E region:SE inline,title none Götaland, Sweden Zealand, Denmark The 2008 Scania earthquake occurred at 06.20am CET (05.20 UTC) on 16 December and affected the southern part of Sweden and eastern parts of Denmark. The epicenter was 5 km southwest of Sjöbo and 60 km east of Malmö in Scania. The earthquake was considered "moderately strong" with a moment magnitude calculated at 4.2–4.3 w.Voss Peter H. 2009 Earthquake in Southern Sweden Wakes Up Denmark on 16 December 2008 Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin 17 11 http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/9870/1/OttemollerSweden.pdf etalhttp://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article4004352.ab Jordbävning i hela Skåne Arkert Johan December 16, 2008 Aftonbladet Swedish 2008-12-16 Strong shaking was reported widely in Sweden from Skåne to Östergötland, in Denmark, and in northern Poland.http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=147&a=864398 Mycket stort skalv Bödvarsson Reynir December 16, 2008 Dagens Nyheter Swedish 2008-12-16 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20081217053413/http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=147&a=864398 December 17, 2008 http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=147&a=864470 Därför drabbas sällan Sverige Hallberg Lilly December 16, 2008 Dagens Nyheter Swedish 2008-12-16 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20081217053428/http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=147&a=864470 December 17, 2008 The Skåne region is known for extremely low seismic activity, with only three small earthquakes (each less than 2.8) detected between 1970 and 2008, and only 14 earthquakes since 1375. Roadways in Sweden and Denmark were reported with cracks but investigations did not determine if any were caused by the earthquake. See also List of earthquakes in 2008 Geology of Sweden References External links Earthquake Information, European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre 13402913 Category:2008 earthquakes Category:Natural disasters in Sweden Category:Earthquakes in Europe Category:Natural disasters in Denmark Category:2000s disasters in Denmark Category:2008 in Sweden Category:2008 in Denmark Category:2000s in Skåne County Category:December 2008 in Europe Category:21st-century disasters in Sweden Category:2008 disasters in Europe Category:21st-century disasters in Denmark Category:December 2008 in Denmark Category:December 2008 in Sweden