Early Monday morning, around 4:10 am local time, a magnitude 2.4 earthquake rattled the area around Granada in Andalusia, Spain. It was reported as happening only minutes earlier, and—because it was small and extremely shallow—the story is mostly about what people might have noticed, not what they lost.
Misryoum newsroom reported that the quake was located very close to Granada’s region, with a shallow depth listed as 0.00 km beneath the epicenter. The exact details could shift slightly as seismologists review the first readings and fine-tune the numbers in the coming hours, which is pretty normal for these early alerts.
One reason the event spread fast online is that it didn’t rely on just one set of instruments. Misryoum monitoring service also identified a second report from the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, and that network listed the quake at magnitude 2.4 as well. So, even if most people slept through it, the ground—at least briefly—gave enough signals for multiple systems to agree.
As for impact, Misryoum editorial team stated the preliminary data suggests it should not have caused any significant damage. Still, “small” doesn’t mean “nothing.” The quake was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the immediate epicenter area, the kind of tremble you notice more because your brain is waiting for it—then it’s gone. Actually, the only moment I can imagine is that half-second when you sit up, listening, and the house sounds the same but you’re not fully convinced.
If you were near Escuzar, you might have felt it: Misryoum newsroom reported weak shaking could reach the town of Escuzar (pop. 750), about 2 km from the epicenter. Very weak shaking was also possible in other nearby places—Las Gabias (pop. 16,400) around 9 km away, and Santafe (pop. 15,400) at about 13 km. Then it thins out pretty quickly, in that typical way.
In Armilla (pop. 21,400, 13 km away), Zubia (pop. 19,000, 15 km away), Atarfe (pop. 15,400, 17 km away), and Granada itself (pop. 233,500, 17 km away), Misryoum analysis indicates it was probably not felt. Maracena (pop. 20,800, 17 km away) falls into the same “unlikely to notice it” category. That’s not to say nobody felt anything—sometimes a person’s timing matters more than the distance—but the expectation is that most residents wouldn’t have noticed.
Misryoum editorial desk noted that the data listed the epicenter at 37.08°N / 3.75°W, near Granada, with the event recorded at 04:10 am (GMT +2), which corresponds to 02:10 GMT. If you felt it, Misryoum invites readers to report it through their site or app right now—because even for a small quake, those human reports help match what the instruments are saying. And for those who like quick updates, Misryoum also pointed people toward the Volcanoes & Earthquakes app for fast seismic alerts… though whether anyone will open an app before rolling back into bed is another question.
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