According to the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea website, two earthquakes have rippled around Madeira in the last two days.
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An earthquake measuring 2.6 on the Richter scale occurred at 03:04 this morning, northeast of Porto Santo, at a depth of 2 kilometres.
The Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA), has said that in order to improve earthquake location and depth measurements, five new seismographs and 20 accelerometric stations need to be installed.
An earthquake registering 2.0 magnitude on the Richter scale was recorded Thursday evening (02/07) at 16:49. This is the fourth earthquake to have been recorded in the region this week.