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4.6MAG

LIGHT EARTHQUAKE

41 km W of Mosteiros, Portugal

USGS

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 41 km W of Mosteiros, Portugal on 29 Oct 2026, 07:54 UTC. The hypocentre was 10 km below the surface — shallow by seismological convention. 1 other earthquake above our reporting threshold has been recorded within 250 km in the past 30 days.

Depth
10 km

shallow

Latitude
37.91°N

26.30°W longitude

Time
07:54 UTC

29 Oct 2026

Magnitude
M4.6

mb

EPICENTRE

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MAGNITUDE 4.6

Noticeable shaking of indoor objects. Damage is unlikely.

The scale is logarithmic: this released about 250 times the energy of a magnitude 3.0, roughly the energy of 120 tonnes of TNT.

10 KM DEEP

Shallow earthquakes release their energy close to the surface, so they are felt more strongly, and do more damage, than deeper earthquakes of the same magnitude.

NEARBY IN THE PAST 30 DAYS

1 earthquake above our reporting threshold within 250 km of this one, the largest a magnitude 5.1.

OTHER RECENT EARTHQUAKES

M4.6 earthquake — Mosteiros, Portugal · Quakewire