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Spain lies on the Eurasian plate just to the north of its boundary with the African plate. The southernmost part of Spain is the zone with the highest seismicity in the country. The African plate is obliquely converging with the Eurasian plate at about 5 mm/year. [1]
The 2011 Lorca earthquake (Spanish: Terremoto de Lorca de 2011) was a moderate 5.1 M w [2] earthquake that occurred 6:47 p.m. CEST (16:47 UTC) on 11 May 2011, [7] near the town of Lorca, causing significant localized damage in the Region of Murcia, Spain, and panic among locals, and displacing many from their homes.
The 2016 Alboran Sea earthquake struck offshore, north northeast of Al Hoceïma, Morocco in the Strait of Gibraltar on 25 January at 04:22:02 UTC, or roughly 05:22:02 West Africa Time. At its strongest in the Alboran Sea, the earthquake measured 6.3–6.4 on the moment magnitude scale (M w ) at a shallow hypocenter depth of 12 km (7.5 mi).
On 7 October, at 12:17 local time, an earthquake of magnitude 4.3 mbLg was detected on the island at a depth of 35 km (22 mi). This was the strongest earthquake since the start of the eruption. By the end of the day, the lava had covered 422 hectares (1,040 acres) of land and the lava delta had grown to cover an area of 38 hectares (94 acres). [58]
The 1804 Almería earthquake was a highly destructive seismic event in the Province of Almería, southern Spain. It occurred on 25 August at 8:25 pm local time. The mainshock had a maximum intensity assigned VIII–IX on the European macroseismic scale (EMS), and an estimated moment magnitude of 6.2–6.4 M w . At least 400 people were reported ...
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Isoseismal map for the 1522 Almeria earthquake, intensity on the European macroseismic scale. The 1522 Almería earthquake (Spanish: Terremoto de Almería de 1522) was a major seismic event estimated to be 6.8–7.0 M w that occurred on 22 September.