We propose a new model of origin of earthquake swarms in the Western Bohemian Massif.
CO2 degassing of the metasomatized mantle may cause the Cheb Basin subsidence.
The subsidence and the regional stress field may account for the seismicity.
Swarms concentrate at a boundary between two lithospheric segments of different age.
The largest earthquake energy has been released at a granite–orthogneiss contact.