The Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) registered, a 1.9 minor earthquake last night off the east coast of Madeira. The quake occurred at 20:41 and had a depth of 26 km. Samantha Gannon info at madeira-weekly.com
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An earthquake registering 4.2. on the Richter scale was recorded by the seismographs of the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA), at 01:09 this morning, 250 kilometers west of Porto Moniz. According to information provided by the Regional Civil Protection Service, there is no indication that the earthquake was…
A micro 1.9 earthquake was picked up by seismographs at the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea at 01:26 off the northwest coast of Porto Moniz. Due to its size, the general public would not have felt it. Samantha Gannon info at madeira-weekly.com
An earthquake registering 1.8 on the Richter scale was recorded this morning by seismographs at the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA), off the southeast coast of the Desertas. According to the IPMA, the quake occurred at a depth of 4 km. Samantha Gannon info at madiera-weekly.com
An earthquake registering 2.1 on the Richter scale was recorded on Monday night south of Câmara de Lobos. According to the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA), the quake occurred at 21:48 and had an unrecorded depth. The shock would not have been felt by the population Samantha Gannon…
A minor earthquake was picked up this morning, off the south coast of the Desertas at 01:49, registering 1.7 on the Richter Scale. This is the second earthquake in two days, as yesterday, seismographs at the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea registered a 1.9 magnitude earthquake off the northwest…
A 1.5 magnitude earthquake was recorded at 05:20 this morning off the south coast of the Desertas Islands. Due to the size of the quake, less than 2.0 on the Richter scale, this quake is classified as a ‘microearthquake,’ not being perceptible by humans and only detected by seismographs. Samantha…
A 2.2 magnitude earthquake was recorded last night (020225), at 21:45, off the south coast of Funchal. Due to its size and depth, it would not have been felt. Samantha Gannon info at madeira-weekly.com
Two earthquakes were recorded this morning off the southeast coast of the Desertas. IPMA Seismographs identified the first earthquake measuring 2.8 on the Richter Scale at 03:23, with the second 2.1 earthquake occurring an hour later at 04:28. Their respective depths were 10 km and 2 km. Samantha Gannon info…
An earthquake registering 1.6 on the Richter scale, was recorded by the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA) seismographs yesterday at 16:27 off the south coast of Ribeira Brava. Taking into account the magnitude and distance from the coast, the earthquake was only felt by the IPMA seismographs. Samantha…
Last night at 21:15 a second earthquake registering 2.5 on the Richter Scale was recorded off the northeast coast of Porto Santo. According to IPMA seismographs, the earthquake occurred at a depth of 11 kilometers. Samantha Gannon info at madeira-weekly.com
This morning at 02:52, a minor earthquake registering 2.3 on the Richter Scale was recorded. The epicentre of the quake was located at the Madeira-Tore, a platform between the Portuguese mainland and the island of Madeira. According to information provided by the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA), the…
An earthquake registering 1.2 on the Richter scale was detected by the seismographs of the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA), last night, at 20:38 off the southwest coast of Câmara de Lobos. Taking into account the magnitude and distance from the coast, the earthquake was only felt by…
An earthquake registering 2.0 on the Richter scale was recorded by the seismographs of the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA), at 09:31 on Saturday morning off the north coast of Porto Santo. The quake had a depth of 2 km and due to its size would not have…
At 10:18 this morning a 1.9 magnitude earthquake was recorded off the south-west coast of Ribeira Brava. The quake had a depth of 8 km. Samantha Gannon info at madeira-weekly.com