An earthquake, measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale, rocked southern Sweden early Tuesday, triggering a flood of phone calls to emergency services operators from alarmed residents, media reports said.
The Seismological Institute at Uppsala University said the quake, which hit at 6.20 a.m. (5.20 GMT), had its epicenter some 36 miles southeast of Sweden's third largest city Malmoe, but no damage was immediately reported.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the earthquake had a magnitude of 4.7, which would make it the strongest to have hit Sweden in more than 100 years.
Media reports said the shock was felt throughout southern Sweden and northern Denmark, including the Danish capital Copenhagen, as buildings and homes shook.
Earthquakes of this magnitude are rare in Scandinavia. For Sweden, this is a very big quake, the institute said, adding it's not dangerous for people but there may be cracks in the facades of buildings.
An earthquake October 23 of 1904 with its epicenter near the Koster Islands off of Sweden's west coast, touched the magnitude of 6.0 on the Richter scale.
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