An earthquake registering 2.3 on the Richter Scale was recorded at 01:36:29 this morning, According to preliminary records from the IPMA’s national seismic network, the quake occurred southwest of the Desertas Islands, less than 100 kilometers from Funchal, at a depth of 4 kilometers. This is the seventh earthquake recorded…
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The Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA) recorded this morning (29th of November), a 1.9 magnitude earthquake off the southwest coast of the Desertas Islands. The quake occurred at 10:09 and had a depth of approximately 12 kilometers. Samantha Gannon info at madeira-weekly.com
Two tremors were felt in the Madeira-Tore zone, a bifurcation that connects the mainland, Madeira, and the Azores. This is an area of high seismicity activity, and both earthquakes were recorded by seismographs at the Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA). According to the IPMA, a 3.4 magnitude earthquake was…
Yesterday at 05:26, seismographs from the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA) detected a 2.0 magnitude earthquake off the northeast coast of Porto Santo. Samantha Gannon info at madeira-weekly.com
An earthquake registering 2.7 on the Richter Scale was recorded yesterday afternoon off the northeast coast of Porto Moniz. Located at a depth of 41 km, the small quake was recorded by the IPMA at 15:07. Given its distance, depth, and intensity, it was only ‘felt’ by seismographs from the…
A small earthquake was recorded yesterday off the north coast of Santana. The 1.4 magnitude earthquake occurred at 13:50 and had a depth of 36 km. Samantha Gannon info at madeira-weekly.com
Two earthquakes at the end of yesterday afternoon and another one this Monday morning were recorded by IPMA seismographs. The first of these earthquakes occurred at 17:48 and had a magnitude of 1.9 on the Richter scale off the south coast of Madeira. This was a very shallow quake at…
An earthquake registering 4.0 on the Richter Scale was recorded last night at 23:19 off the East-Northeast coast of Deserta Grande (Desertas). According to the IPMA, the earthquake was felt more on the east of the island, with reports indicating that it was felt in Caniçal, Machico, Santa Cruz, Caniço,…
The seismographs of the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA), yesterday detected a 2.6 magnitude earthquake off the east coast of Madeira at 16:19. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km. Samantha gannon info at madeira-weekly.com
Yesterday afternoon, an earthquake registering 5.1 on the Richter scale was recorded in the Madeira-Tore region. According to data provided by the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea 9IPMA), the seismographs recorded this earthquake at 17:28, at a depth of 10 kilometers. As DIÁRIO reported, this is the second earthquake…
The Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA), recorded a 2.1 magnitude earthquake off the southeast coast of the Desertas at 07:48 this morning. Samantha Gannon info at madeira-weekly.com
An earthquake registering 2.4 on the Richter scale was recorded this morning (Tuesday) at 06:30 off the northeast coast of Porto Santo. According to the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA), the quake had its epicenter located at 34.597° north latitude and 13.114° west longitude, at a depth of…
An earthquake registering 1.6 on the Richter Scale was recorded by the seismographs of the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA) at 6:41 p.m. yesterday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17 kilometers, off the south coast of Funchal. Samantha Gannon info at madeira-weekly.com
The seismographs of the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA) recently recorded two earthquakes. The first ‘quake’ occurred at 19:34 yesterday, off the south coast of Funchal. Registering 1.7 on the Richter scale, it had a depth of 3 km. At 01:22 this morning (16th of June), a second…
A microearthquake, registering 1.0 on the Richter Scale, was recorded by IPMA seismographs at 02:38 this morning off the east coast of Machico. Samantha Ganno info at madeira-weekly.com