On Monday night an earthquake of magnitude 4.9 of the Richter scale shook the around the Moroccan town of Ksar-El Kébir, affecting the Spanish cities of Seville, Huelva, Cádiz, Málaga, Jaén, Córdoba and Huelvawarned by British tourists.
The earthquake, according to the National Geographic Institute (IGN) happened around 23:49 on Monday, February 10, in the Moroccan region of Tangier-Tetuán-Alhucemas, at a depth of 34 kilometers. The seismic movement was also felt in several municipalities in Spain, especially on the Andalusian coast and in the field of Gibraltar. In municipalities of Seville, Cádiz, Málaga, Huelva, Jaén and the Cordoba capital felt with intensity II and III.
Although no damage or serious incidents were reported, the 112 emergency service reported five citizen complaints early in the morning: Four of the province of Seville and one from Huelva.
The earthquakes are encrypted with the Richter scale (which is listed from 1 to 10) which is measured through a machine called seismometer produced by a seismograph. It is a logarithmic scale, which means that An earthquake of scale 5 will be ten times more powerful than one of magnitude 6.
It should be noted that both northern Morocco and Southern Spain are usually areas prone to record seismic movements due to their geographical situation. In fact, this phenomenon occurs just a year and a half after an earthquake of magnitude 6.8 in Morocco Leave about 3,000 dead and more than 5,000 injured.
