https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Following a 5.5 magnitude earthquake felt on Monday morning in Andalusia and Murcia, we look at how likely it is that Spain will suffer more serious seismic activity and which areas of the country are most likely to be affected. https://www.thelocal.es/20241015/what-are-the-chances-of-a-big-earthquake-happening-in-spain Tue, 15 Oct 2024 21:43:43 +0200 what-are-the-chances-of-a-big-earthquake-happening-in-spain Over the last two weeks several disaster and terrorism simulations have taken place across Spain, with no specific reason for this given by authorities. https://www.thelocal.es/20231107/tsunamis-earthquakes-and-terror-attacks-spain-goes-disaster-drill-crazy Tue, 07 Nov 2023 13:06:03 +0100 tsunamis-earthquakes-and-terror-attacks-spain-goes-disaster-drill-crazy Spain on Sunday sent a plane with 56 rescuers and four search dogs to quake-hit Morocco after it received a formal request for help from Rabat, the defence ministry said. https://www.thelocal.es/20230910/spain-to-send-rescuers-aid-to-morocco-foreign-minister Sun, 10 Sep 2023 12:54:28 +0200 spain-to-send-rescuers-aid-to-morocco-foreign-minister A string of mild earthquakes shook southern Spain overnight following weeks of strong seismic activity in the Granada area, prompting the premier to call for calm on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20210127/what-we-know-about-the-string-of-earthquakes-in-granada-area Wed, 27 Jan 2021 15:30:30 +0100 what-we-know-about-the-string-of-earthquakes-in-granada-area An earthquake measuring 3.6 on the Ritcher scale was registered in the early hours of Tuesday morning just inland that could be felt across the Costa Blanca. https://www.thelocal.es/20201103/earthquakes-rattle-spains-costa-blanca Tue, 03 Nov 2020 11:49:16 +0100 earthquakes-rattle-spains-costa-blanca The bodies of eight foreigners have been recovered from the rubble of the quake that struck Mexico City, officials said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.es/20170923/spanish-man-among-victims-of-mexico-earthquake Sat, 23 Sep 2017 12:58:11 +0200 spanish-man-among-victims-of-mexico-earthquake Spain will not reopen a giant underwater gas storage facility in the Mediterranean because of the risk that it could trigger earthquakes if it resumes operations, the government said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20170504/overshore-gas-storage-plant-caused-hundreds-of-mini-earthquakes-across-spanish-med Thu, 04 May 2017 11:33:54 +0200 overshore-gas-storage-plant-caused-hundreds-of-mini-earthquakes-across-spanish-med Tenerife's government has urged calm and insists there is no risk of an imminent eruption of the island's volcano. https://www.thelocal.es/20161005/dont-panic-tenerife-insists-volcano-isnt-about-to-erupt Wed, 05 Oct 2016 15:09:25 +0200 dont-panic-tenerife-insists-volcano-isnt-about-to-erupt Ana Huete died in Wednesday's earthquake, crushed as she slept in the house of her new husband’s family in Illicia, a small town in the province of Rieti very near to the epicentre of the devastating quake. https://www.thelocal.es/20160826/spanish-victim-of-italy-earthquake-was-newlywed Fri, 26 Aug 2016 12:40:50 +0200 spanish-victim-of-italy-earthquake-was-newlywed A magnitude 4.5 earthquake hit Andalusia on Sunday evening as aftershocks continue following last week's 6.3 quake. https://www.thelocal.es/20160201/another-earthquake-strikes-southern-spain Mon, 01 Feb 2016 12:07:08 +0100 another-earthquake-strikes-southern-spain People have been sleeping outside in Melilla fearing aftershocks from Monday's 6.3 earthquake, as another quake shook the ground on Wednesday morning. https://www.thelocal.es/20160127/dozens-of-families-sleep-outside-after-spain-earthquake Wed, 27 Jan 2016 12:23:52 +0100 dozens-of-families-sleep-outside-after-spain-earthquake Residents in southern Spain had a rude awakening early Monday morning when an earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter Scale struck in the sea between Spain and Morocco. https://www.thelocal.es/20160125/video-earthquake-rumbles-southern-spain Mon, 25 Jan 2016 15:05:59 +0100 video-earthquake-rumbles-southern-spain A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck early on Monday in the Mediterranean between Morocco and Spain, the US Geological Survey said https://www.thelocal.es/20160125/strong-earthquake-hits-med-between-morocco-and-spain Mon, 25 Jan 2016 09:51:22 +0100 strong-earthquake-hits-med-between-morocco-and-spain A group of Spanish survivors who were among the first Europeans to be evacuated from Katmandu arrived back in Madrid. Meanwhile fears grew for those still missing. https://www.thelocal.es/20150429/first-quake-survivors-arrive-back-in-spain Wed, 29 Apr 2015 18:29:07 +0200 first-quake-survivors-arrive-back-in-spain Over 100 Spaniards are still unaccounted for after Saturday’s earthquake in the Himalayan nation, which left over 3,000 people dead, as the Spanish air force launches an evacuation mission for Spaniards trapped in the country. https://www.thelocal.es/20150427/spaniards-to-be-evacuated-from-nepal-after-earthquake Mon, 27 Apr 2015 13:36:15 +0200 spaniards-to-be-evacuated-from-nepal-after-earthquake When an earthquake shook the country on Monday Spaniards flocked to social media to make fun of the big drama surrounding the little tremor. https://www.thelocal.es/20150224/twitter-explodes-with-hilarious-earthquake-reaction Tue, 24 Feb 2015 10:30:00 +0100 twitter-explodes-with-hilarious-earthquake-reaction An earthquake with a magnitute measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale was felt from Madrid to Murcia on Monday afternoon. https://www.thelocal.es/20150223/earthquake-hits-spain Mon, 23 Feb 2015 18:53:00 +0100 earthquake-hits-spain A strong earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter Scale was felt in several provinces of the Spanish region of Andalusia on Wednesday evening. https://www.thelocal.es/20140710/earthquake-rattles-parts-of-southern-spanish Thu, 10 Jul 2014 11:06:00 +0200 earthquake-rattles-parts-of-southern-spanish An earthquake which struck Spain's Catalonia region on Tuesday night was not caused by a meteorite, researchers have said, despite some locals saying they saw a bright light in the sky moments before. https://www.thelocal.es/20140709/meteorite-may-have-caused-catalan-earthquake Wed, 09 Jul 2014 15:38:00 +0200 meteorite-may-have-caused-catalan-earthquake An earthquake off the coast of Spain's Girona province shook several towns and villages in the region on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20140319/quake-shakes-spains-northern-coast Wed, 19 Mar 2014 17:46:34 +0100 quake-shakes-spains-northern-coast