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This paper presents the results of a long-term monitoring study undertaken during the period 2002–2007. The study recorded the displacement of various widely-distributed tectonic structures along the generally aseismic Bohemian Massif (Czech Republic) and specifically along the Sudeten Marginal Fault Zone. The derived results were compared with data recorded over the same time period in the Upper Rhine Graben (Germany), Central Apennines (Italy), and the Gulf of Corinth (Greece). It is clear that a tectonic pressure pulse initiated a period of increased geodynamic activity across central and southern Europe during the course of our monitoring. Within the Bohemian Massif, the pressure pulse was first recorded in mid 2003 and the ensuing period of increased geodynamic activity lasted for nearly three years. This period is associated with compression along the Sudeten Marginal Fault Zone. The southern …