The epicenter for both times was the city of Groningen, reports AD. They occurred at a depth of 3 km, with similar ones hitting the province the thirteenth and fourteenth times this month.
De #aardbeving vanochtend vroeg in de Groningse plaats #Westerwijtwerd is de zwaarste aardbeving sinds januari 2018. Toen was er in #Zeerijp een beving, ook met een kracht van 3,4. https://t.co/Ijkqmwqv5b #Groningen #gaswinning pic.twitter.com/iBPhP4vrQ5
— KNMI (@KNMI) May 22, 2019
Damage from the earthquakes
The Temporary Committee on Mining Damage Groningen (TCMG) have received a total of 593 claims for damage, with 25 reports of a “potentially acute unsafe situation”. However, according to TCMG, there is no need for security measures to be undertaken at the moment.
The damage reports mostly came from the municipality of Groningen with 294 reports, Het Hogeland with 109, Loppersum with 61 and a dozen more from the province of Drenthe.
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