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Monday, 26 August 2024, 09:25
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The earth once again shook early this Monday morning (26 August) when an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 on the Richter scale was recorded in the Atlantic, south of Portugal's capital, Lisbon.
Spain's National Geographic Institute (IGN) said that the earthquake was registered 6.11am at Spanish mainland time, one hour earlier in Portugal) at a depth of 19 kilometres, according to the revised calculation published on its website.
According to the IGN on its website, in the case of Andalucía, the greatest effects of the earthquake in Portugal were felt in Huelva province, in the area closest to the Portuguese border, specifically in Jabugo, Cortegana, Aroche, Villablanca, Cartaya, San Juan del Puerto, Lepe, Almonte and Aljaraque, towns where it was felt at a Grade III, in the same way as in Carrión de los Céspedes (Seville).
Grade II was felt in the province of Cadiz, in the cities and towns such as Jerez de la Frontera, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Rota, Puerto Real and the capital of Cadiz, among others. It was also slightly felt in Malaga city and on the Costa del Sol, as well as in Jaén and Granada, and in the Cordoba towns of Alameda del Obispo, Hornachuelos and Montilla.
#terremoto 26/08/2024 04:11:38UTC ATLÁNTICO-PORTUGAL mag=5.5 prof=19km cálculo revisado https://t.co/mDZJpErikl
— IGN Sismología (@IGN_Sismologia) August 26, 2024
The 112 Andalucía emergency services control centre handled more than 15 calls from different municipalities in the region regarding the earthquake. At 6.15am, the coordination centre handled the first of the calls regarding the seismic movement from towns in Huelva, Seville and Jaén provinces, with no reports of personal or material damage.
As a whole, the seismic movement was felt in seven Spanish regions, since in Galicia, the effects of the earthquake have been noticed in the provinces of Ourense, Pontevedra and A Coruña. Specifically, it has been noticed with greater intensity (Grade III), although weakly, in the Pontevedra towns of Arcade (Sotomayor), Vilasobroso (Mondariz), Cristiñade and Urcela (Ponteareas), Oia (San Miguel), Rebordans (San Bartolomeu) , Saiáns (San Xurxo), Paredes and A Guarda (Santa María). It was felt in Orense, in O Irixo and Padrón in A Coruña.
Extremadura was another of the regions where the earthquake was felt the most and with the greatest intensity (Grade III), specifically, in La Zarza, Puebla de la Reina, Villafranca de los Barros, Olivenza, La Albuera, Barcarrota in Badajoz. Towns in Cáceres also felt the earthquake, although at Grade II, such as Trujillo, Arroyo de la Luz, Alburquerque or Casar de Cáceres, among others.
In Castilla y León, the towns of Ponferrada and Aldeatejada de Salamanca registered a Grade III earthquake. And, at Grade II it was felt in Zamora and Segovia city. And, in Castilla La Mancha, also at Grade II in Ciudad Real city and the town of Puertollano. In Asturias, the earthquake was felt in Gijón at a Grade II level as well as in the Madrid town of Torrelaguna.
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