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Denmark rocked by 4.2 magnitude earthquake

No injuries to people or damage to infrastructure have been reported, but the tremors were strong enough to be felt all the way down to southern Sweden.
Jonas Mäki Editor Sweden 20 May 2026

It is very rare for the Nordic countries to experience any kind of natural disaster, and it would perhaps be a shame to say that they have now, but Ekstra Bladet is reporting that Denmark has just experienced an earthquake on Zealand. According to the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Centre, it measured 3.9 on the Richter scale, while the Android Earthquake Alerts System says it was 4.2 and could even be felt in southern Sweden.

Several witnesses have reported the event and the earthquake has thus been confirmed, but no damage appears to have occurred, and it was so minor that it typically involves small, localised damage such as cracks in plaster or glass falling to the floor.

It has been nearly 20 years since Denmark last experienced an earthquake, specifically in 2008 when a tremor measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale was recorded.

https://x.com/LastQuake/status/2057103063823913262

Editor Sweden Jonas Mäki has written for Gamereactor since 2002, becoming an editor in 2007. He covers the video game industry across news, releases and the business side, with a particular interest in sales figures and where the industry is heading.
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