Significant magnitude 5.0 quake hits 14 km southeast of Los Llanos de Aridane, Spain in the afternoon

Sat, 23 Oct 2021, 15:46

15:46 PM | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

5.0 quake 23 Oct 4:34 pm (GMT +1)

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake near Los Llanos de Aridane, La Palma Island, Canary Islands, Spain, was reported only 10 minutes ago by Spain's Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN), considered the main national agency that monitors seismic activity in this part of the world. The earthquake occurred at a moderately shallow depth of 44 km beneath the epicenter in the afternoon on Saturday, October 23rd, 2021, at 4:34 pm local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
A second report was later issued by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), which listed it as a magnitude 5.0 earthquake as well.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Mazo (pop. 4,800) located 7 km from the epicenter, Breña Baja (pop. 4,200) 8 km away, Brena Alta (pop. 7,100) 10 km away, El Paso (pop. 7,100) 12 km away, Tazacorte (pop. 5,700) 14 km away, Los Llanos de Aridane (pop. 20,800) 14 km away, Santa Cruz de La Palma (pop. 17,100) 15 km away, and Garachico (pop. 6,000) 25 km away.

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Date & time: Oct 23, 2021 4:34 pm (GMT +1) local time (23 Oct 2021 15:34 GMT)
Magnitude: 4.9
Depth: 38.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 28.6°N / 17.79°W

(Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain)
Primary data source: IGN

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