M5.4 Earthquake — Northern Mid-atlantic Ridge

Measurements

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Earthquake data courtesy of EMSC

This is a scientific measurement of an event that has already happened. It is not a warning, and it does not tell you what to do.

Not rated by source. European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre does not publish a severity for this; the level shown is our own classification.

Also reported by: USGS EMSC

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Source updated 35 days ago (Sep 14, 2026 06:31 UTC) · we last heard from European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre 16 seconds ago

What has changed

• Magnitude revised from M5.1 to M5.4 — Sep 14, 03:35 UTC by European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre
• Magnitude revised from M4.8 to M5.1 — Sep 14, 03:26 UTC by European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre
• Severity raised from Minor to Moderate — Sep 14, 03:26 UTC by European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre

Figures published in the first minutes of an event are preliminary. A change here is the agency refining its own estimate, not a correction to this page.

What USGS has published since this earthquake

Shaking and its likely impact

USGS estimates fewer than 1,000 people were exposed to strong shaking or worse (intensity VI and above).

USGS's PAGER system gives a green alert for deaths, meaning a low likelihood of casualties; and a green alert for economic losses, meaning a low likelihood of damage. These are estimates from a model of the shaking and the population it reached, not a count.

USGS PAGER, automatic.

How far the shaking reached

• Moderate shaking (intensity V) or more reached about 15 km from the epicentre at its farthest.
• Light shaking (intensity IV) or more reached about 35 km from the epicentre at its farthest.

USGS ShakeMap, automatic: an estimate built from seismic stations, felt reports and a model where there are neither. Distances are in a straight line from USGS's epicentre; the lines on the map above are USGS's contours, simplified. Shaking varies with the ground, so a place inside a line may have felt less or more.

From the U.S. Geological Survey. The USGS event page has the maps and everything USGS has published for this earthquake.

General safety information

No authority has issued instructions for this event. The guidance below is general background reading, not a response to it.

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