A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck Granada province in the early hours of Saturday, with its epicentre in Alhendín and shaking felt across parts of Malaga province, including the city. The quake hit at 01.04 on Saturday 15 August, according to data from the National Geographic Institute.
The tremor carried an intensity of IV-V and reached a depth of 10 kilometres, strong enough to be noticed well beyond the area closest to the epicentre. In Malaga province, people in several areas reported the movement, and it was felt with particular intensity there.
The reason people were already looking for answers is that this was not the first shake of the week. On Friday evening, around 6.43pm, a magnitude 3.7 quake with intensity IV was widely felt in Granada and the surrounding area, with its epicentre in La Zubia. The close timing of the two events points to a short burst of seismic activity in the same part of southern Spain rather than a single isolated jolt.
That Friday tremor also drew calls to the 112 emergency service of the Andalusian Emergency Agency from the city of Granada and from La Zubia, Churriana de la Vega, Las Gabias, Ogíjares and Maracena. After Saturday’s stronger quake, the same kind of reporting pattern was expected to be checked again, but the available information does not confirm injuries, evacuations or structural damage.
What stands out now is the gap between how widely the shaking was felt and how little has yet been said about its consequences. For the moment, the main fact is clear: Granada province took the epicentre, but Malaga province felt the force too, and the next answer readers will want is whether the two tremors were followed by anything more than alarm.
