Just 7 minutes ago, a magnitude-2.8 earthquake struck near Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France. The tremor was recorded early Thursday morning, October 22, 2026, at 2:02 a.m. local time, at a very shallow depth of 5 km below the surface.The event was reported by France's Réseau National de Surveillance Sismique (RéNaSS), the first seismological agency to report it.Our monitoring service identified a second report from the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), which listed the quake at magnitude 2.7.Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage but was probably felt by many people as light vibrations in the epicentral area. Weak shaking might have been felt in Bertignat (pop. 520), located 4 km from the epicenter. In Issoire (pop. 16,000, 32 km away), Montbrison (pop. 16,200, 34 km away), Cournon-d’Auvergne (pop. 18,800, 36 km away), Cournon-d'Auvergne (pop. 18,800, 36 km away), Clermont-Ferrand (pop. 147,900, 46 km away), Chamalieres (pop. 20,300, 47 km away), and Riom (pop. 20,100, 50 km away), the quake was probably not felt.Earthquake data: Date & time: Oct 22, 2026 02:02 a.m. (GMT +2) local time (22 Oct 2026 00:02 GMT)Magnitude: 2.8Hypocenter depth: 5.00 kmEpicenter coordinates: 45.63°N / 3.63°E (Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France)Primary data source: RENASS