Light mag. 3.5 earthquake - 12 km west of Granada, Andalusia, Spain, on Tuesday, 26 Jan 2021 11:00 pm (GMT +1) -

Light mag. 3.5 earthquake - 12 km west of Granada, Andalusia, Spain, on Tuesday, 26 Jan 2021 11:00 pm (GMT +1)

Light magnitude 3.5 earthquake at 0 km depth

26 Jan 22:02 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 2 minutes.
26 Jan 22:04: Now using data updates from IGN
26 Jan 22:28: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 5.0 to 0.0 km (from 3.1 to 0 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 1.7 km (1 mi) towards SW.
Date & time: 26 Jan 2021 22:00:00 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: Tuesday, 26 Jan 2021 11:00 pm (GMT +1)
Magnitude: 3.5
Depth: 0.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 37.1652°N / 3.7381°W (Granada, Andalusia, Spain)
Nearest volcano: Campo de Calatrava (190 km / 118 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
3 km (2 mi) SSW of Santafé (Granada) (pop: 15,400) --> See nearby quakes!
8 km (5 mi) SW of Atarfe (Granada) (pop: 15,400) --> See nearby quakes!
10 km (6 mi) WNW of Armilla (Granada) (pop: 21,400) --> See nearby quakes!
10 km (6 mi) WSW of Maracena (Granada) (pop: 20,800) --> See nearby quakes!
10 km (6 mi) SW of Albolote (Granada) (pop: 17,100) --> See nearby quakes!
12 km (7 mi) WSW of Granada (pop: 234,300) --> See nearby quakes!
15 km (9 mi) WNW of La Zubia (Granada) (pop: 17,800) --> See nearby quakes!
15 km (9 mi) WNW of Zubia (Granada) (pop: 17,800) --> See nearby quakes!
199 km (124 mi) E of Sevilla (pop: 703,200) --> See nearby quakes!
362 km (225 mi) S of Madrid (pop: 3,255,900) --> See nearby quakes!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Broken Clouds 12.9°C (55 F), humidity: 88%, wind: 1 m/s (1 kts) from WSW
Primary data source: IGN (Instituto Geográfico Nacional)
Estimated released energy: 1.1 x 1010 joules (3.12 megawatt hours, equivalent to 2.68 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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MagnitudeDepthLocationSource
3.5kmSW SANTA FE.GR, SpainIGN
3.510 kmSPAINEMSC

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Granada capital, Sacromonte (13.5 km E of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / single lateral shake / very short : Sitting inside, felt only a soft vibrating tremor, heard no sound or rumbling. Just like the tremor a few minutes before this one: hardly noticeable.  
GRANADA (13.7 km E of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / 5-10 s (reported through our app)
Osuna (Sevilla) (121.2 km W of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 2-5 s
11 km ENE of epicenter [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / 10-15 s (reported through our app)
Castillo De tajarja (1.3 km NNE of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / rattling, vibrating / 5-10 s
Cene de la Vega (16.8 km E of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) (reported through our app)
12.3 km E of epicenter [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 2-5 s (reported through our app)
Otura / Light shaking (MMI IV) : I felt my bed shaking, and walls shaking  
Granada / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / both vertical and horizontal swinging / 5-10 s : At least 5  
Granada / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / vibration and rolling / 2-5 s
Granada / Strong shaking (MMI VI) / rattling, vibrating / 2-5 s
Cenes de la vega / Light shaking (MMI IV) / rattling, vibrating
Granada city / Light shaking (MMI IV) / single lateral shake / 1-2 s
Valenzuela, Santa Cruz del Commercio, Granada Prov / Light shaking (MMI IV) / rattling, vibrating / 5-10 s : House walls and doors rattled, heard rumbling and whole sofa shook for 5-10 seconds  
Linares, Jaén / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / 1-2 s
Bailen jaen / Light shaking (MMI IV) / rattling, vibrating / 1-2 s : Como un meneo de silla  
Casillas de mures / Light shaking (MMI IV) / single lateral shake
Churriana de la Vega / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / 1-2 s
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