Just 4 minutes ago, a 3.5-magnitude earthquake struck near Lourdes, Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie, France. The tremor was recorded in the morning on Monday, August 3rd, 2026, at 8:49 am local time, at a very shallow depth of 5. km below the surface.The event was filed by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the first seismological agency to report it.Our monitoring service identified a second report from France's Réseau National de Surveillance Sismique (RéNaSS) which listed the quake at magnitude 3.8.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 Lourdes (pop. 15,800) located 5 km from the epicenter, Argeles-Gazost (pop. 3,500) 8 km away, Bagneres-de-Bigorre (pop. 9,000) 14 km away, Juillan (pop. 3,800) 17 km away, Odos (pop. 3,500) 17 km away, Tarbes (pop. 52,100) 22 km away, and Aureilhan (pop. 7,900) 23 km away.Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Pau (pop. 82,700) located 39 km from the epicenter.Earthquake data: Date & time: Aug 3, 2026 08:49 am (Paris time) local time (3 Aug 2026 06:49 GMT)Magnitude: 3.5Depth: 5.00 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 43.05°N / 0.03°W (Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie, France)Primary data source: EMSC