M4.2 earthquake near El Paso, Canary Islands

What happened

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 2 km ENE of El Paso, Spain on 13 Nov 2021, 06:55 UTC at a depth of 10 km.

Earthquakes of this size are classed as Light. Widely felt nearby; objects may shake or fall. Significant damage is unusual. This was a shallow earthquake, which tends to be felt more strongly at the surface.

The nearest town in our records is El Paso, about 2 km away in Canary Islands, Spain.