Tag: Earthquakes
Firemen from Spain rescue woman, 50, who had spent 144 hours buried under rubble after Turkey earthquake
A TEAM of firemen from the Madrid region has taken part in the successful rescue of a 50-year-old woman who spent 144 hours buried...
Spain at worst risk of climate-related home damage, new study finds
DROUGHTS, flash floods, forest fires, torrential rain… This year has seen a series of extreme weather events not just in Spain, but in many...
Rissaga: What you need to know about the meteotsunami warning issued in Spain’s Balearic Islands
SPAIN’S weather agency has activated an alert in the Balearic Islands for a weather phenomenon known as ‘rissaga’ which causes sudden wave swells of...
Swarm of low-magnitude earthquakes registered in Spain’s El Teide
THE Canarian Seismic Network—operated by the Canary Islands Volcanological Institute (INVOLCAN)—has registered a swarm of very low-magnitude earthquakes under Mount Teide.
According to INVOLCAN the...
Spanish businessmen on trial over Valencia offshore gas project which caused series of mini earthquakes in 2013
TWO businessmen are on trial for their role in an offshore gas storage project blamed for causing hundreds of small earthquakes off Spain’s eastern...
Seismic swarm south of La Palma in Spain’s Canary Islands reactivates with more than 40 earthquakes causing panic amongst...
RESIDENTS in the south of La Palma, in Spain's Canary Islands, remain on tenterhooks as more than 40 earthquakes have rumbled the area since...
ANALYSIS: Is a volcano on Spain’s Canary Island of La Palma about to blow?
RECENT seismic activity detected on the Spanish island of La Palma have raised fears that a volcano which last erupted 50 years ago could...
Survey names the cities in Spain under the biggest threat from major earthquake damage
MURCIA and Alicante are the most vulnerable cities in Spain to possible earthquake damage, according to an Alicante University survey.
Researchers have examined the probability...
Multiple earthquakes strike in the north-east of Spain’s Murcia region
NINE earthquakes hit the north-east of the Murcia region this morning(April 14) within the space of five hours.
The strongest tremor was the first in...
Southern Spain hit by NINE earthquakes in less than 24 hours
NINE earthquakes have shaken southern Spain in less than 24 hours.
The first struck Olvera in Cadiz and was 3.4 on the Richter scale.
It was...
MONSTER WAVE: Tsunami fears in Spain as HUGE active volcano experiences 40 quakes in 48 hours
RESIDENTS on the Canary islands are fearing a volcanic eruption after the Spanish archipelago was hit by more than 40 earthquake tremors in just 48...
Andalucian government prepares for earthquakes
Experts increase risk level in Malaga and the Antequera areas
Earthquakes hit Andalucia
Casares, in Malaga province, was the epicentre on Sunday and this morning (Tuesday) it was the turn of Jimena de la Frontera in the province of Cadiz
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
Earthquakes in Almería
The earth moves for John Woodhead in Almerimar