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Light mag. 2.8 earthquake - 17 km west of Alcira, Valencia, Spain, on Wednesday, May 5, 2021 at 01:47 GMT

Light magnitude 2.8 earthquake at 0 km depth

5 May 01:53 UTC: First to report: VolcanoDiscovery after 6 minutes.
5 May 02:40: Now using data updates from EMSC

Earthquake details

Date & time	May 5, 2021 01:47:37 UTC
Local time at epicenter
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	2.8
Depth	0.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	39.18°N / 0.63°W (Valencia, Valencia, Spain)
Antipode	39.18°S / 179.37°E
Shaking intensity	Weak shaking
Felt	4 reports
Primary data source	EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	6 km (4 mi) NW of Tous (pop: 1,110) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 11 km (7 mi) W of L'Alcudia (pop: 11,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 12 km (7 mi) NW of Alberic (pop: 11,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 17 km (10 mi) W of Algemesi (Valencia) (pop: 28,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 17 km (11 mi) WNW of Carcaixent (Valencia) (pop: 21,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 17 km (11 mi) W of Alcira (pop: 44,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 23 km (14 mi) NNW of Xàtiva (Valencia) (pop: 29,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 25 km (16 mi) SW of Picasent (pop: 19,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 39 km (24 mi) SW of Valencia (pop: 814,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 296 km (184 mi) ESE of Madrid (pop: 3,255,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	1 x 10⁹ joules (278 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.239 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
2.8	0 km	Near Valencia, Valencia, Spain	EMSC
2.8	0 km	NW TOUS.V, Spain	IGN

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Seismograms

Seismic station: ROA/UCM/GEOFON Station Cartagena, Spain (CART/WM network) | Distance from quake: 180 km / 112 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station ROA/UCM/GEOFON Station Cartagena, Spain: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.5-10.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

User reports for this quake (4)

At magnitude 2.8, this quake might have been felt very close to the epicenter and under calm conditions.

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Gavarda / Weak shaking (MMI III) / rattling, vibrating / 2-5 s : Han pasado últimamente bastante terremotos en esta zona …. 2-3 en días seguidos y a las mismas horas algunos !

Carlet (10.8 km ENE of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / simple rolling (tilting sideways along one direction) / 2-5 s

almussafes (39.1 km NE of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 2-5 s : Balanceo en la cama. Ruídos en ventanales

Carlet / Weak shaking (MMI III) / 1-2 s

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