An earthquake of magnitude 3.5 occurred only 11 minutes ago 27 km northeast of Velez-Malaga, Spain, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported.The quake hit at a very shallow depth of 5. km beneath the epicenter near Velez-Malaga, Malaga, Andalusia, Spain, early morning on Friday, April 24th, 2026, at 6:06 am local time. 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 citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake which listed the quake at magnitude 3.6. A third agency, Spain's Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN), reported the same quake at magnitude 3.6.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 Jayena (pop. 1,200) located 7 km from the epicenter, and Nerja (pop. 21,800) 16 km away.Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Torrox (pop. 16,900) located 18 km from the epicenter, Almunecar (pop. 27,700) 22 km away, Velez-Malaga (pop. 74,200) 27 km away, Torre del Mar (pop. 22,000) 28 km away, Motril (pop. 60,600) 32 km away, and Granada (pop. 233,500) 39 km away.Earthquake data: Date & time: Apr 24, 2026 06:06 am (GMT +2) local time (24 Apr 2026 04:06 GMT)Magnitude: 3.5Depth: 5.00 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 36.89°N / 3.83°W (Granada, Andalusia, Spain)Primary data source: EMSC