A magnitude 4.2 Earthquake There were tremors in the sea near Spain, in Málaga and the Costa del Sol. According to reports, the earthquake occurred after midnight on Wednesday (March 18).
Local media said there were no injuries, but the after-effects caused “unrest” in the affected areas. Cities were affected, including Marseille, Estepona, Torre del Mar and Campanillas. spainIt is being told that the National Geographic Institute has confirmed this.
According to local media outlets, the tremors were reported in Alhaurin el Grande, Arroyo de la Miel and Benalmadena. olive press.
Spain’s National Geographic Institute reported that the earthquake was recorded more than 50 miles below in the western Alboran Sea, which lies between the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa.
The earthquake was reported after a magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck the Spanish city of Tabernas and Almeria province just before 1pm on February 16.
Jose Diaz, the mayor of Tabernas at the time, said his entire house shook, adding: “We were so scared.”
The earthquake was reported to have been felt in Murcia, Granada, Jaén and Almeria, where tremors were felt three days earlier.
Southern Spain lies in the center of a particularly active earthquake zone as the European and African tectonic plates meet.
Most earthquakes are small, but intense enough to be felt by people in southern Spain, especially in Málaga, Almería, Granada and Murcia, which lie on top of a system of faults.
Most earthquakes fall below magnitude 3, although thousands are recorded each year by the National Geographic Institute.
Despite its increasing seismic activity, southern Spain is not in imminent danger of disaster, experts say euro weekly news.
Authorities in Spain are said to have systems in place to deal with earthquakes of different intensities and building regulations to account for seismic risk.
