Residents of Győr felt unexpected tremor near the city center: here is why

A minor earthquake shook the houses and apartment buildings of Győr, a city of more than 130,000 residents in Northwestern Hungary, close to the Austrian border and halfway between Budapest and Vienna.

According to a post of the National Directorate General for Disaster Management shared on Facebook, on 24 June 2025, at 8:56 PM local time, a small earthquake with a magnitude of 2.5 occurred near the city of Győr, Hungary. This information was released by the Kövesligethy Radó Seismological Observatory, part of the HUN-REN Institute of Geophysics and Space Science. People living close to the epicentre reported feeling the tremor, and so far, the observatory has received two reports from residents in Győr.

According to the observatory, there were 7 registered earthquakes in Hungary in the last 30 days, which is much lower than in Croatia or Romania.

The most serious earthquake in Hungarian history occurred on 28 July 1763. Its epicentre was near Komárom, and it registered a magnitude of 6.3 on the Richter scale. The most recent significant earthquake took place on 12 January 1956, with its epicentre in Dunaharaszti. This seismic event was triggered by the dislocation of a deep dolomite formation. It resulted in two fatalities, injured 38 people, and damaged 3,144 out of 3,500 buildings.

You may check out the most recent earthquakes HERE.

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