M5.0 earthquake – West of Galapagos Islands
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck west of Galapagos Islands at 13:21 UTC on 1 Oct 2026, at a depth of 10 km, according to GFZ. The solution is preliminary and may be revised.
Data: GFZ · updated 2026-10-01 13:21 UTC · automatic solution
- Magnitude
- 5.0light
body-wave magnitude (mb) - Depth
- 10 km
- Status
- Automatic
- Origin time
- 2026-10-01 13:21:10 UTC
- Epicentre
- 2.138° N, 97.901° W
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Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Est. shaking |
|---|---|---|
| No towns within 400 km. This is a remote area. | ||
Shaking is an estimate from the intensity prediction equation of Allen, Wald & Worden (2012), not an observation. Local ground and buildings can change it by a level or more. Likely felt out to about 120 km.
Every agency's solution
Agencies locate earthquakes with their own stations and methods, so their numbers differ. We match reports of the same event by time, distance and magnitude and show them side by side. The headline uses GFZ.
| Agency | Magnitude | Depth | Epicentre | Time offset | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GFZheadlineGFZ via GEOFON, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences | 5.0 mb | 10 km | 2.14° N, 97.90° W | – | Automatic · 1 revision |
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How big was it?
Widely felt near the epicentre: rattling windows and objects. Significant damage is unlikely.
It released roughly the energy of 401 t of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step means about 32 times more energy and 10 times larger waves on a seismogram. Depth matters too: at 10 km this was a shallow earthquake, which is felt more strongly at the surface than a deeper one of the same size.
M5.0 releases about 27× the energy of M4.0, and its waves are about 8.9× taller on a seismogram. Energy: 401 t of TNT vs 15 t of TNT.
Each square is the energy of one M4.0. Energy from log₁₀E = 1.5M + 4.8.
Aftershocks and nearby activity
No later earthquakes have been recorded within 38 km so far. Aftershock rates usually fall off roughly in proportion to 1/time.
Did you feel it?
Reports from people help show where shaking was strong. They are anonymous and shown here in aggregate.
Reports on SeismoAtlas
No reports yet.
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Event id gfz2026tfut. First recorded here 1 Oct 2026, 13:53:12 UTC. Solutions: GFZ (geofon:gfz2026tfut). Cite as: SeismoAtlas, “M5.0 earthquake – West of Galapagos Islands”, https://seismoatlas.com/earthquake/gfz2026tfut-m5-0-earthquake-west-of-galapagos-islands, data from GFZ.
JSON: /api/v1/events/gfz2026tfut. SeismoAtlas is not an official warning service.