The earth has trembled again in Andalusia. This time, the epicenter was located under the waters of the Gulf of Cadiz, where a magnitude 2.5 earthquake was registered this Sunday, August 23. The National Geographic Institute (IGN) detailed that the event occurred at 3:43 PM, at a depth of 18 kilometers.
This incident occurs just over a week after the intense seismic activity that affected the province of Granada. On August 15, a magnitude 4.8 Mw earthquake with an epicenter northeast of Alhendín was widely felt by residents in the area, causing numerous aftershocks of lesser magnitude in municipalities such as Gójar, Ogíjares, and Armilla.
Technical data from the IGN indicates that the earthquake registered this Sunday in the Gulf of Cadiz is not directly related to the events in Granada. Small magnitude tremors are regularly recorded in various areas of southern mainland Spain and its maritime zones.
In fact, this is not the only recent movement located in waters near Cadiz. The IGN registered another magnitude 2.7 earthquake in the same area on August 18, and a 1.9 magnitude one on August 12. Seismic activity has also extended to other points in the south, such as the Sea of Alboran and Cambil (Jaén) over the weekend.
