Three miners injured as 3.8 degree tremor creates panic in Polkowice

There was panic in the city of Polkowice in southern Poland yesterday, after a major tremor struck the nearby Kopalnia Miedzi Rudna copper mine. The tremor, which occurred at just after noon, measured 3.8 on the Richter Scale. "It was the strongest quake in the history of Polkowice," said Dariusz Sekula, press spokesman for the Polkowice mayor. Three miners who were near the epicenter of the tremor suffered minor injuries. The city authorities announced that anyone who had suffered material losses should pursue compensation claims individually with the Rudna copper mine. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A3) P.J.