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Date Published: 21/11/2022

ARCHIVED - Malaga province shook by two earthquakes 90 minutes apart

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The strongest quake of magnitude 4.1 was felt in Vélez-Málaga and Torrox

<span style='color:#780948'>ARCHIVED</span> - Malaga province shook by two earthquakes 90 minutes apart

Two earthquakes with the epicentre in the Alboran Sea shook the province of Malaga in the early hours of Saturday morning, November 19, just 90 minutes apart.

One of the quakes registered 4.1 on the Richter scale and the other was of magnitude 3.4, Andalucia's 112 emergency service reported on its Twitter account.

#BuenosDías esta madrugada se han registrado dos #seísmos con epicentro en el #MarDeAlborán

➡️Uno de 4.1 grados, por el 1⃣1⃣2⃣ ha recibido una llamada desde la localidad de #Torrox #Málaga

➡️Otro de 3.4 grados de magnitud, por el que no se han recibido avisos#FelizJornada pic.twitter.com/tq9heDHKEQ
— Emergencias 112 (@E112Andalucia) November 19, 2022

According to information provided by the National Geographic Institute (IGN), the first seismic movement was recorded at 12.32am and, although its initial magnitude was estimated at 3.8, minutes later, in a revised calculation, it was raised to 4.1.

In addition to Vélez-Málaga and Torrox, the tremor, whose epicentre was located at a depth of five kilometres in the southern part of the Alboran Sea, was also felt for several seconds in Melilla with an intensity of 3. 112 received a number of calls from concerned residents in Torrox.

A short while later, at 1.08am, a second quake, with a magnitude of 3.4, occurred in the same area and at a depth of 4km. The 112 emergency service received no calls relating to the second tremor.

In other news: Andalucia reservoirs still running dry despite recent rain

Image: @E112Andalucia/IGN

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