Tag: richter scale
Earthquake measuring 3.2 degrees on Richter scale forces evacuation of Murcia school in Spain
AN earthquake measuring 3.2 degrees on the Richter scale prompted a Thursday lunchtime precautionary evacuation of an Alhama de Murcia school.
800 students and 60...
Did you feel it? Light quake rumbles Alhama in Spain’s Granada
A LIGHT magnitude 2.7 quake has been registered in Granada this Wednesday.
According to the National Geographic Institute, the earthquake was recorded at 17:35 this...
Forget about the Richter Scale, this is how earthquakes are measured across the world
With so many reports and articles about Europe’s new earthquake hotspot being here in Spain, it’s only right that the Olive Press explain how...
Earthquake rumbles Spain’s Granada
A 2.5 magnitude earthquake has been recorded in Spain’s Granada.
DID YOU FEEL IT? 3.5 magnitude earthquake shakes Spain’s Andalucia early this morning
Spain's National Geographic Institute (IGN) provided the data on the tremor
Tolox earthquake registers 3.9 on the Richter scale
The earthquake happened at 16.43 at a depth of 40 kilometres according to Spain's Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN)
Thousands spend the night in the streets after Spain’s worst earthquake in 50 years killed eight people
Up to 20,000 people slept in squares, parks and nearby countryside as concerns are being raised over the standards of building