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- M3.0 - M3.0 Earthquake Off the Catalan Coast in Girona
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake has occurred off the Costa Brava. No reports have been received from the public so far.
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake occurred this morning off the Catalan coast. It was detected by stations in southern France.
In eastern Catalonia, there are two well-identified zones: one is a known fault line that diagonally crosses the Empordà region and ends about 50 km off the coast, and the other originates from the volcanic zone of La Garrotxa (the Olot area). This second zone was anciently composed of magmatic subsoils that slid from the Garrotxa area, passing near Girona and Caldes de Malavella, and continuing toward the Lloret area. It was the continuation of this second zone that triggered the seismic event.
So far, the IGN has not received any reports from the public, so in principle, it should not have been felt. This is normal because the magnitude falls below the natural ambient movement of the population. Consequently, the detection threshold remains below the natural vibration of human activity.
Official IGN stations involved in the detection:
DATA_TYPE BULLETIN IMS1.0:short with ISF2.0 extensions Bulletin from IGN, generated 2026-05-23 11:28:36 EVENT 026kaicf Spain Date Time Err RMS Latitude Longitude Smaj Smin Az Depth Err Ndef Nsta Gap mdist Mdist Qual Author OrigID 2026/05/23 10:42:37.81 0.34 0.80 41.5050 3.5334 2.1 1.9 131 9.6 1.6 157 74 111 0.58 4.27 m i ke IGN 026kaicf (#PRIME) (#DIST_RANGE: LOCAL) (#IGN_REGION: COSTERO CATALANA) Magnitude Err Nsta Author OrigID mb_Lg 3.1 0.4 36 IGN 026kaicf (#PRIME) Sta Dist EvAz Phase Time TRes Azim AzRes Slow SRes Def SNR Amp Per Qual Magnitude ArrID BLAN 0.58 288.1 Pg 10:42:49.462 0.9 T__ m__ CA___HNZ BLAN 0.58 288.1 Sg 10:42:57.424 0.8 T__ m__ CA___HNZ CCAS 0.60 308.9 Pg 10:42:49.784 0.9 T__ m__ CA___HHZ CCAS 0.60 308.9 Sg 10:42:57.196 -0.1 T__ m__ CA___HH1 CCAS 0.60 308.9 IVmb_Lg 10:43:00.160 ___ 8812.8 m__ mb_Lg 3.0 CA___HH1 CGIR 0.71 312.5 Pg 10:42:51.804 0.9 T__ m__ CA___HNZ CGIR 0.71 312.5 Sg 10:43:00.976 0.2 T__ m__ CA___HNZ CGIS 0.71 312.0 Pg 10:42:51.400 0.5 T__ m__ CA___HNZ CGIS 0.71 312.0 Sg 10:43:01.278 0.5 T__ m__ CA___HNZ EXSCF 0.74 298.8 Pg 10:42:51.770 0.3 T__ m__ ES_0KHNZ EXSCF 0.74 298.8 Sg 10:43:03.059 1.3 T__ m__ ES_0KHNN CELO 0.80 283.6 Pg 10:42:53.664 1.1 T__ m__ CA___HNZ CELO 0.80 283.6 Sg 10:43:04.449 0.9 T__ m__ CA___HNN CPAL 0.85 341.1 Pg 10:42:53.853 0.5 T__ m__ CA___HHZ CPAL 0.85 341.1 Sg 10:43:04.940 -0.2 T__ m__ CA___HHN CPAL 0.85 341.1 IVmb_Lg 10:43:06.495 ___ 7311.5 m__ mb_Lg 3.2 CA___HHE CFON 0.86 287.6 Pg 10:42:54.617 1.0 T__ m__ CA___HHZ CFON 0.86 287.6 Sg 10:43:05.905 0.4 T__ m__ CA___HHN CFON 0.86 287.6 IVmb_Lg 10:43:06.940 ___ 16606.2 m__ mb_Lg 3.5 CA___HHN CGRN 0.94 276.6 Pg 10:42:56.345 1.3 T__ m__ CA___HNZ CGRN 0.94 276.6 Sg 10:43:09.439 1.5 T__ m__ CA___HNN CBEU 0.99 319.8 Pg 10:42:56.603 0.8 T__ m__ CA___HHZ CBEU 0.99 319.8 Sg 10:43:09.848 0.4 T__ m__ CA___HHN CBEU 0.99 319.8 IVmb_Lg 10:43:10.580 ___ 9211.5 m__ mb_Lg 3.4 CA___HHN ZVGAR 1.00 310.1 Pg 10:42:56.474 0.5 T__ m__ ES_00HHZ ZVGAR 1.00 310.1 Sg 10:43:09.784 0.1 T__ m__ ES_00HHN ZVGAR 1.00 310.1 IVmb_Lg 10:43:10.670 ___ 8909.7 m__ mb_Lg 3.3 ES_00HHN BAIN 1.03 264.4 Pg 10:42:56.637 0.0 T__ m__ CA___HNN BAIN 1.03 264.4 Sg 10:43:09.739 -1.0 T__ m__ CA___HNZ BAJU 1.03 263.8 Sg 10:43:10.451 -0.3 T__ m__ CA___HNZ OLOS 1.03 311.2 Pg 10:42:57.702 1.0 T__ m__ CA___HNZ OLOS 1.03 311.2 Sg 10:43:10.219 -0.7 T__ m__ CA___HNZ MTJR 1.04 263.0 Pg 10:42:57.374 0.5 T__ m__ CA___HNZ MTJR 1.04 263.0 Sg 10:43:10.113 -1.2 T__ m__ CA___HNZ EJON 1.06 333.2 Pg 10:42:57.144 -0.0 T__ m__ ES___HHZ EJON 1.06 333.2 Sg 10:43:10.832 -0.9 T__ m__ ES___HHZ EJON 1.06 333.2 IVmb_Lg 10:43:13.300 ___ 5753.6 m__ mb_Lg 3.2 ES___HHE FBR 1.06 265.8 Pg 10:42:56.934 -0.3 T__ m__ CA___HNZ FBR 1.06 265.8 Sg 10:43:11.044 -0.8 T__ m__ CA___HNN ICJA 1.07 264.0 Pg 10:42:58.167 0.8 T__ m__ CA___HHN ICJA 1.07 264.0 Sg 10:43:10.866 -1.2 T__ m__ CA___HHZ SJAF 1.09 333.8 Pg 10:42:57.826 0.0 T__ m__ FR_00HHZ SJAF 1.09 333.8 Sg 10:43:11.937 -0.9 T__ m__ FR_00HHN CORI 1.21 293.3 Pg 10:42:59.865 0.0 T__ m__ CA___HHZ CORI 1.21 293.3 IVmb_Lg 10:43:17.975 ___ 7059.2 m__ mb_Lg 3.4 CA___HHE EXRIP 1.22 305.1 Pg 10:43:00.111 -0.0 T__ m__ ES___HNZ AVIN 1.22 286.8 Pg 10:43:00.171 0.0 T__ m__ CA___HNZ CGAR 1.24 260.7 Pg 10:42:59.534 -0.9 T__ m__ CA___HHZ CGAR 1.24 260.7 Sg 10:43:15.998 -1.4 T__ m__ CA___HHZ CGAR 1.24 260.7 IVmb_Lg 10:43:18.695 ___ 1615.5 m__ mb_Lg 2.7 CA___HHE CBRU 1.28 308.1 Pg 10:43:01.128 0.0 T__ m__ CA___HHZ CBRU 1.28 308.1 Sn 10:43:17.458 0.2 T__ m__ CA___HHZ CBRU 1.28 308.1 Sg 10:43:18.927 0.3 T__ m__ CA___HHZ CBRU 1.28 308.1 IVmb_Lg 10:43:20.215 ___ 1819.0 m__ mb_Lg 2.8 CA___HHN EXQUE 1.33 309.9 Pg 10:43:00.510 -1.5 T__ m__ ES___HNZ EXQUE 1.33 309.9 Sg 10:43:19.976 -0.3 T__ m__ ES___HNN FILF 1.34 322.1 Pg 10:43:01.569 -0.8 T__ m__ FR_00HHZ FILF 1.34 322.1 Sg 10:43:20.061 -0.7 T__ m__ FR_00HHZ LLIS 1.50 310.0 Sg 10:43:25.346 -0.6 T__ m__ CA___HNZ CLLI 1.52 310.4 Pn 10:43:04.057 0.4 T__ m__ CA___HHZ CLLI 1.52 310.4 Pg 10:43:06.375 0.9 T__ m__ CA___HHZ CLLI 1.52 310.4 Sn 10:43:23.257 0.2 T__ m__ CA___HHN CLLI 1.52 310.4 Sg 10:43:25.277 -1.0 T__ m__ CA___HHZ CLLI 1.52 310.4 IVmb_Lg 10:43:26.555 ___ 1548.7 m__ mb_Lg 2.9 CA___HHN EMIR 1.56 285.9 Pn 10:43:04.886 0.7 T__ m__ ES___HHZ EMIR 1.56 285.9 Sg 10:43:27.640 -0.0 T__ m__ ES___HHZ EMIR 1.56 285.9 IVmb_Lg 10:43:28.830 ___ 7281.8 m__ mb_Lg 3.6 ES___HHE MAHO 1.70 160.6 Pn 10:43:05.356 -0.9 T__ m__ WM___BHZ MAHO 1.70 160.6 Sn 10:43:26.501 -1.1 T__ m__ WM___BHE FNEB 1.75 323.3 Pn 10:43:07.773 0.8 T__ m__ FR_00HHZ FNEB 1.75 323.3 Pg 10:43:11.300 1.5 T__ m__ FR_00HHZ FNEB 1.75 323.3 Sn 10:43:29.342 0.5 T__ m__ FR_00HHZ FNEB 1.75 323.3 Sg 10:43:33.776 -0.1 T__ m__ FR_00HHZ ARBS 1.76 302.6 Pn 10:43:08.173 1.2 T__ m__ CA___HHZ ARBS 1.76 302.6 IVmb_Lg 10:43:37.085 ___ 1467.9 m__ mb_Lg 3.0 CA___HH2 EXSEU 1.77 299.5 Pn 10:43:06.889 -0.2 T__ m__ ES___HNZ EXSEU 1.77 299.5 Pg 10:43:09.610 -0.4 T__ m__ ES___HNN EXSEU 1.77 299.5 Sn 10:43:27.651 -1.5 T__ m__ ES___HNN EXSEU 1.77 299.5 Sg 10:43:34.505 0.2 T__ m__ ES___HNE CORG 1.81 294.3 Pg 10:43:10.257 -0.5 T__ m__ CA___HHZ CORG 1.81 294.3 Sg 10:43:35.055 -0.5 T__ m__ CA___HHN CORG 1.81 294.3 IVmb_Lg 10:43:36.200 ___ 797.5 m__ mb_Lg 2.7 CA___HHE SCOL 1.81 303.7 Sn 10:43:30.443 0.2 T__ m__ CA___HNZ SCOL 1.81 303.7 Sg 10:43:35.309 -0.4 T__ m__ CA___HNE ETOS 1.82 197.7 Pn 10:43:07.699 -0.2 T__ m__ ES___HHZ ETOS 1.82 197.7 Sn 10:43:27.165 -3.3 ___ m__ ES___HHZ ETOS 1.82 197.7 IVmb_Lg 10:43:30.340 ___ 506.1 m__ mb_Lg 2.5 ES___HHN POBL 1.85 266.9 Pn 10:43:09.557 1.3 T__ m__ CA___HHN POBL 1.85 266.9 Pg 10:43:12.404 0.9 T__ m__ CA___HHN POBL 1.85 266.9 Sn 10:43:31.594 0.5 T__ m__ CA___HHZ EPOB 1.85 266.1 Pn 10:43:07.711 -0.6 T__ m__ ES___HHZ EPOB 1.85 266.1 Sn 10:43:30.207 -1.1 T__ m__ ES___HHN EPOB 1.85 266.1 IVmb_Lg 10:43:39.690 ___ 1151.5 m__ mb_Lg 2.9 ES___HHN CSOR 1.99 296.7 Pn 10:43:10.597 0.4 T__ m__ CA___HHZ CSOR 1.99 296.7 Sn 10:43:35.847 1.2 T__ m__ CA___HHZ CSOR 1.99 296.7 IVmb_Lg 10:43:43.215 ___ 1049.6 m__ mb_Lg 2.9 CA___HHN CEST 2.02 303.5 Pn 10:43:11.644 1.0 T__ m__ CA___HHZ CEST 2.02 303.5 Sn 10:43:34.140 -1.2 T__ m__ CA___HHZ CEST 2.02 303.5 IVmb_Lg 10:43:43.180 ___ 483.9 m__ mb_Lg 2.6 CA___HHN CTRM 2.08 289.2 Pn 10:43:09.963 -1.5 T__ m__ CA___HNZ CTRM 2.08 289.2 Pg 10:43:16.666 0.9 T__ m__ CA___HNZ CTRM 2.08 289.2 Sn 10:43:37.692 0.9 T__ m__ CA___HNZ CTRM 2.08 289.2 Sg 10:43:43.018 -1.2 T__ m__ CA___HNE EXSPT 2.11 301.3 Sn 10:43:37.597 0.1 T__ m__ ES_0KHNZ EXSPT 2.11 301.3 Sg 10:43:44.850 -0.4 T__ m__ ES_0KHNZ VAN2 2.11 255.8 Pn 10:43:11.419 -0.6 T__ m__ CA___HHZ VAN2 2.11 255.8 Pg 10:43:14.908 -1.5 T__ m__ CA___HHZ VAN2 2.11 255.8 Sn 10:43:35.934 -1.7 ___ m__ CA___HHZ VAN2 2.11 255.8 Sg 10:43:44.014 -1.4 T__ m__ CA___HHZ CAVN 2.12 281.2 Pn 10:43:13.243 1.2 T__ m__ CA___HHZ CAVN 2.12 281.2 Pg 10:43:17.558 1.1 T__ m__ CA___HHZ CAVN 2.12 281.2 Sn 10:43:37.850 0.2 T__ m__ CA___HHZ CAVN 2.12 281.2 Sg 10:43:44.828 -0.7 T__ m__ CA___HHZ CAVN 2.12 281.2 IVmb_Lg 10:43:48.950 ___ 3152.0 a__ mb_Lg 3.4 CA___HHN CBUD 2.20 249.5 Pn 10:43:12.726 -0.4 T__ m__ CA___HHZ CBUD 2.20 249.5 Pg 10:43:18.327 0.5 T__ m__ CA___HHZ CBUD 2.20 249.5 Sn 10:43:39.721 0.1 T__ m__ CA___HHZ CBUD 2.20 249.5 IVmb_Lg 10:44:33.720 ___ 33746.0 a__ mb_Lg 4.5 CA___HHN CTRE 2.22 292.5 Pn 10:43:14.355 1.0 T__ m__ CA___HHZ CTRE 2.22 292.5 Sn 10:43:38.503 -1.6 T__ m__ CA___HHZ CTRE 2.22 292.5 Sg 10:43:47.593 -1.1 T__ m__ CA___HHZ CTRE 2.22 292.5 IVmb_Lg 10:43:51.625 ___ 599.0 m__ mb_Lg 2.7 CA___HHN MLS 2.32 309.5 Pg 10:43:19.856 -0.3 T__ m__ FR_00HHZ MLS 2.32 309.5 Sn 10:43:42.076 -0.4 T__ m__ FR_00HHZ MLS 2.32 309.5 Sg 10:43:51.166 -0.8 T__ m__ FR_00HHN EXVI3 2.35 299.6 Sn 10:43:43.545 0.4 T__ m__ ES___HNZ CARA 2.35 301.6 Sn 10:43:42.763 -0.5 T__ m__ CA___HH1 CARA 2.35 301.6 Sg 10:43:51.578 -1.4 T__ m__ CA___HH1 CARA 2.35 301.6 IVmb_Lg 10:44:00.020 ___ 1189.5 m__ mb_Lg 3.1 CA___HH2 VIER 2.37 301.3 Pn 10:43:15.515 -0.0 T__ m__ CA___HNZ VIER 2.37 301.3 Pg 10:43:21.299 0.2 T__ m__ CA___HNZ VIER 2.37 301.3 Sn 10:43:43.519 -0.2 T__ m__ CA___HNN ARBF 2.39 33.2 Pn 10:43:15.901 0.1 T__ m__ FR_00BHZ ARBF 2.39 33.2 Sn 10:43:41.518 -2.7 ___ m__ FR_00BHZ ERTA 2.47 258.3 Pn 10:43:17.134 0.2 T__ m__ ES___HHZ ERTA 2.47 258.3 Pg 10:43:24.112 1.2 T__ m__ ES___HHZ ERTA 2.47 258.3 Sn 10:43:45.505 -0.7 T__ m__ ES___HHN ERTA 2.47 258.3 Sg 10:43:57.809 0.9 T__ m__ ES___HHE ERTA 2.47 258.3 IVmb_Lg 10:44:00.975 ___ 267.4 m__ mb_Lg 2.5 ES___HHE CMAS 2.55 253.3 Pn 10:43:17.947 -0.1 T__ m__ CA___HHZ CMAS 2.55 253.3 Pg 10:43:24.283 -0.1 T__ m__ CA___HHZ CMAS 2.55 253.3 Sn 10:43:46.778 -1.3 T__ m__ CA___HHN CMAS 2.55 253.3 IVmb_Lg 10:44:05.395 ___ 225.2 m__ mb_Lg 2.4 CA___HHN CBNI 2.59 246.3 Pn 10:43:18.680 0.0 T__ m__ VB___EHZ CBNI 2.59 246.3 Pg 10:43:23.914 -1.2 T__ m__ VB___EHZ CBNI 2.59 246.3 Sn 10:43:49.347 0.3 T__ m__ VB___EHN ECOL 2.70 234.4 Pn 10:43:21.264 1.2 T__ m__ ES___HHZ ECOL 2.70 234.4 Sn 10:43:51.288 -0.2 T__ m__ ES___HHN ECOL 2.70 234.4 IVmb_Lg 10:45:06.420 ___ 1628.0 a__ mb_Lg 3.3 ES___HHN ECHI 2.74 296.1 Pn 10:43:22.174 1.5 T__ m__ ES___HHZ ECHI 2.74 296.1 Sn 10:43:52.749 0.2 T__ m__ ES___HHZ ECHI 2.74 296.1 Sg 10:44:04.869 -0.6 T__ m__ ES___HHN ECHI 2.74 296.1 IVmb_Lg 10:44:06.945 ___ 728.1 m__ mb_Lg 3.0 ES___HHN BSTF 2.77 33.4 Pn 10:43:21.553 0.4 T__ m__ FR_00BHZ BSTF 2.77 33.4 Sn 10:43:52.312 -0.9 T__ m__ FR_00BHZ EIBI 2.99 214.8 Pn 10:43:24.770 0.6 T__ m__ ES___HHZ EIBI 2.99 214.8 Sn 10:43:56.264 -2.2 ___ m__ ES___HHZ EIBI 2.99 214.8 IVmb_Lg 10:43:58.630 ___ 661.4 m__ mb_Lg 3.0 ES___HHN ESAC 3.01 275.5 Pn 10:43:25.367 1.0 T__ m__ ES___HHZ ESAC 3.01 275.5 Sn 10:43:59.248 0.4 T__ m__ ES___HHZ ESAC 3.01 275.5 IVmb_Lg 10:44:19.890 ___ 2873.6 m__ mb_Lg 3.7 ES___HHN EMOS 3.24 250.7 Pn 10:43:26.893 -0.7 T__ m__ ES___HHZ EMOS 3.24 250.7 Sn 10:44:05.824 1.4 T__ m__ ES___HHZ EMOS 3.24 250.7 IVmb_Lg 10:44:48.310 ___ 122.5 a__ mb_Lg 2.4 ES___HHE CCID 3.25 245.1 Pn 10:43:27.412 -0.4 T__ m__ VB___HHZ CCID 3.25 245.1 Sn 10:44:05.241 0.6 T__ m__ VB___HHZ CCID 3.25 245.1 IVmb_Lg 10:44:09.060 ___ 160.9 a__ mb_Lg 2.5 VB___HHE MONQ 3.34 329.8 Pn 10:43:29.078 0.1 T__ m__ FR_00HHZ MONQ 3.34 329.8 Sn 10:44:06.448 -0.2 T__ m__ FR_00HHN ATE 3.52 298.1 Pn 10:43:31.851 0.4 T__ m__ FR_00HHZ ATE 3.52 298.1 Sn 10:44:12.435 1.5 T__ m__ FR_00HHN URDF 3.61 303.7 Pn 10:43:32.928 0.2 T__ m__ FR_00HHZ URDF 3.61 303.7 Sn 10:44:12.869 -0.3 T__ m__ FR_00HHZ ESCA 3.66 49.3 Pn 10:43:33.132 -0.3 T__ m__ FR_01BHZ ESCA 3.66 49.3 Sn 10:44:13.899 -0.5 T__ m__ FR_01BHN ECEL 3.67 255.3 Pn 10:43:32.596 -1.0 T__ m__ ES___HHN ECEL 3.67 255.3 Sn 10:44:14.557 -0.1 T__ m__ ES___HHZ ECEL 3.67 255.3 IVmb_Lg 10:44:59.620 ___ 341.5 a__ mb_Lg 2.9 ES___HHE ISO 3.72 42.8 Pn 10:43:34.488 0.2 T__ m__ FR_00BHZ ISO 3.72 42.8 Sn 10:44:14.704 -1.1 T__ m__ FR_00BHN EORO 3.86 292.7 Pn 10:43:35.725 -0.4 T__ m__ ES___HHZ EORO 3.86 292.7 Sn 10:44:20.349 1.3 T__ m__ ES___HHN EORO 3.86 292.7 IVmb_Lg 10:44:43.535 ___ 542.2 m__ mb_Lg 3.2 ES___HHN SAOF 3.86 48.7 Pn 10:43:36.227 0.0 T__ m__ FR_00BHZ SAOF 3.86 48.7 Sn 10:44:18.188 -0.9 T__ m__ FR_00BHN ECHE 3.93 242.3 Pn 10:43:36.641 -0.5 T__ m__ ES___HHZ ECHE 3.93 242.3 IVmb_Lg 10:46:16.840 ___ 1651.6 a__ mb_Lg 3.7 ES___HHE EARA 4.01 290.1 Pn 10:43:36.807 -1.4 T__ m__ ES___HHZ EARA 4.01 290.1 IVmb_Lg 10:43:45.190 ___ 407.0 a__ mb_Lg 3.1 ES___HHE EARA 4.01 290.1 Sn 10:44:23.910 1.3 T__ m__ ES___HHN EALK 4.11 296.3 Pn 10:43:39.496 -0.1 T__ m__ ES___HHZ EALK 4.11 296.3 IVmb_Lg 10:44:50.950 ___ 420.7 m__ mb_Lg 3.2 ES___HHN EVIV 4.20 239.3 Pn 10:43:39.902 -0.9 T__ m__ ES___HHZ EVIV 4.20 239.3 Sn 10:44:28.015 0.9 T__ m__ ES___HHN EVIV 4.20 239.3 IVmb_Lg 10:46:21.130 ___ 138.0 a__ mb_Lg 2.7 ES___HHN
Earthquake data:
| Date and time of origin: | 2026-05-23 10:42:36 UTC |
| Date and time of arrival at the Citizen seismic station: | 2026-05-23 10:42:52 UTC |
| Location where the station is located: | Germans Sàbat, Girona, ES (EU) |
| Time difference from the event to arrival at the station: | 0 minutes and 16 seconds |
| Distance from the epicenter to the station: | 97,67 Km |
| Wave speed: | 6,10 km/s => 6.104,58 m/s |
| Wave type (according to speed): | P |
| Sensor type: | Geophone 4.5Hz - 200 V/m/s |
| Sampling frequency (sps): | 100Hz |
| Alarms: frequencies activated upon arrival of the wave: * By order of detection |
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| Place of Origin: | Costa Catalana, Costa Brava, Girona |
| Geodetic coordinates of the epicenter: | 📍 41.5058°N 3.7780°E |
| Depth (hypocenter): | 10.0 km |
| Magnitude Richter Scale: | M3.0 |
| Modified Mercalli Scale Magnitude MMI => DYFI (Did You Feel It): | II * MMI estimated |
| URL Official Data EMSC: | https://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake_information/e... |
| URL Official Data IGN: | https://www.ign.es/web/ign/portal/ultimos-terremot... |
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