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Mon, 4 Aug 2025, 19:40 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
A shallow magnitude 3.7 earthquake was reported in the evening near Alicante, Valencia, Spain.
According to Spain’s Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN), the quake hit on Monday, August 4th, 2025, at 9:23 pm local time at a shallow depth of 12. km. Shallow earthquakes are felt more strongly than deeper ones as they are closer to the surface. 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.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere (Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, IPMA) which listed the quake at magnitude 3.0. A third agency, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), reported the same quake at magnitude 3.7.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Benidorm (pop. 71,000) located 51 km from the epicenter, Villajoyosa (pop. 33,800) 52 km away, El Campello (pop. 27,900) 54 km away, Alicante (pop. 334,800) 54 km away, Santa Pola (pop. 31,800) 56 km away, San Vicent del Raspeig (pop. 56,700) 61 km away, Torrevieja (pop. 101,800) 66 km away, and Elche (pop. 230,100) 69 km away.
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