A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Fuengirola in Spain. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 56.634 km, -4.5749° West, 36.5331° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 56.634 km (35 miles). Unique identifier: us7000rfrj. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000rfrj. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/12/25 / 2025-12-05 09:38:34 / December 5, 2025 @ 9:38 am. The temblor was detected at 09:38:34 / 9:38 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 25 km (16 miles) from Málaga (c. 568 300 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Marbella (c. 134 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Algeciras (c. 116 200 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Vélez-Málaga (c. 74 200 pop), 9 km (6 miles) from Mijas (c. 73 800 pop), 5 km (3 miles) from Fuengirola (c. 71 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Prado del Rey, Osuna, Salobreña (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Spain (c. 46 506 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 4 km E of Fuengirola, Spain.
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