Recent earthquake:The earthquake on January 25, 2016 occurred in the western Mediterranean in the area of the Alboran Sea in a shallow depth less than 10 kilometers. The German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) announced a magnitude of 6.3 MW.

More information is only in German available.

Poster and text: German Research Centre for Geosciences | GFZ, sections 2.1, 2.4, 2.6

 

References

  Helmholtz-Centre Potsdam, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences. (2016, January 25th). Erdbeben im westlichen Mittelmeer [Earthquake poster, poster ID: gfz2016bses, www.gfz-potsdam.de]. Opened on April 29th 2021.

 

Published: 25.01.2016, Vol. 3

Cite as: Helmholtz-Centre Potsdam, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences. (2016, January 25th). Earthquake in the Strait of Gibraltar. Earth System Knowledge Platform [eskp.de], 3. https://www.eskp.de/en/natural-hazards/earthquake-in-the-strait-of-gibraltar-935769/

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