Small 3.8 quake hits near Lugo, Galicia, Spain

Just 32 minutes ago, a 3.8-magnitude earthquake struck near Lugo, Galicia, Spain. The tremor was recorded early morning on Saturday, April 25th, 2026, at 3:12 am local time, at a shallow depth of 18. km below the surface.
The event was filed by the Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere (Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, IPMA), the first seismological agency to report it.
A second report was later issued by the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, which listed it as a magnitude 3.8 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 Sobrerriba (pop. 15) located 3 km from the epicenter, Becerrea (pop. 3,400) 6 km away, Baralla (pop. 3,100) 8 km away, Lancara (pop. 3,100) 10 km away, and Sarria (pop. 13,500) 16 km away.
Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Lugo (pop. 98,000) located 34 km from the epicenter, Monforte de Lemos (pop. 19,500) 41 km away, Ponferrada (pop. 68,700) 60 km away, and Ourense (pop. 105,200) 75 km away.


Earthquake data:
Date & time: Apr 25, 2026 03:12 am (GMT +2) local time (25 Apr 2026 01:12 GMT)
Magnitude: 3.8
Depth: 18.00 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 42.82°N / 7.23°W (Lugo, Galicia, Spain)
Primary data source: IPMA
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