A very shallow magnitude 2.6 earthquake was reported early in the morning near Lorca, Murcia, Spain.According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the quake struck on Wednesday, October 28th, 2026, at 5:30 am local time, at a very shallow depth of 2.20 km. Shallow earthquakes are felt more strongly than deeper ones because they are closer to the surface. The magnitude and other quake parameters may still change in the coming hours as the agency continues to process seismic data.Our monitoring service identified a second report from Spain's Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN), which also listed the quake at magnitude 2.6. Other agencies reporting the same quake include the Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere (Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, IPMA), which recorded a magnitude of 2.5, and the citizen-seismograph network RaspberryShake, which recorded a magnitude of 2.6.Weak shaking might have been felt in Puerto Lumbreras (pop. 15,000), located 5 km from the epicenter, and Almendricos (pop. 1,900), 6 km away. In Lorca (pop. 93,100, 17 km away), Huercal-Overa (pop. 17,600, 21 km away), Aguilas (pop. 34,500, 22 km away), Totana (pop. 29,200, 36 km away), Mazarron (pop. 35,200, 41 km away), and Alhama de Murcia (pop. 19,900, 47 km away), the quake was probably not felt.Earthquake data: Date & time: Oct 28, 2026 05:30 am (GMT +1) local time (28 Oct 2026 04:30 GMT)Magnitude: 2.6Hypocenter depth: 2.20 kmEpicenter coordinates: 37.53°N / 1.77°W (Murcia, Murcia, Spain)Primary data source: EMSC