Issue No. 1910 10 - 16 February 2022
Earthquakes and aftershocks SPAIN’S National Geo‐ graphic Institute (IGN) registered 3,810 earth‐ quakes in the Alboran Sea between April 17 and December 31 last year. The Alboran is the Mediterranean’s west‐ ernmost section be‐ tween Spain and North Africa, and although the majority were mild tremors, many were felt in Almeria Province, the IGN explained. The most intense, reg‐ istering 5.1 on the Richter scale on August 28, was felt in numerous towns along the coasts of Alme‐ ria, Malaga and Granada. By the end of that same day, the IGN had recorded more than 10 further tremors, fol‐ lowed by several others the next day. Experts from the Na‐ tional Seismic Network, attached to the IGN, ex‐ plained that the majority were the 5.1 earth‐ quake’s aftershocks. These can continue for a month or more in an area like this that has nu‐ merous fault lines, they said.
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