Austria was hit by an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.5 degrees

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A 4.5 magnitude earthquake struck the central part of Austria in the morning hours of Wednesday. The pilgrimage church reports damage so far. According to Aleš Špičák, director of the Geophysical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, people felt slight tremors in several places in the Czech Republic. Earthquakes were also felt in adjacent Upper Austria. According to the APA agency, the Frauenberg pilgrimage church, located a few kilometers from the epicenter, has suffered significant damage. The shocks glazed the windows and damaged the ceiling paintings, and structural engineers are now assessing the overall extent of the building's damage. ZAMG previously issued a warning that the earthquake could have caused minor damage to buildings. The earthquake also hit the Benedictine monastery in Admont. Mario Brandmüller from the monastery museum said, We were sitting on the second floor and at first we thought that snow had fallen from the roof. Images fell from the walls and computer monitors and lamps swayed. In the Czech Republic, people have experienced shocks in, for example, České Budějovice, Pilsen, Prague and the Zlín and Pardubice regions. The director of the Geophysical Institute Špičák then told ČTK that it was probably a weaker vibration than in December, when people in our country felt shocks as a result of a 6.4 magnitude earthquake in Croatia. Even though the current epicenter is closer. According to representatives of the institute, the Austrian earthquake was clearly recorded by all seismic stations of the Czech Regional Seismic Network. Styria is hit by minor earthquakes repeatedly, the last of January 5 having an epicenter near the town of Judenburg. There was also a strong earthquake in Styria, which hit Croatia at the end of December and killed seven people there. According to the APA, an earthquake similar to a strong one happens in Austria on average once every four to five years.