Earthquake...
Sep 29th 2009, 9:13 pm
#1
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Earthquake...
Just had our first Spanish earthquake. I'm in Gandia....and going to the balcony, I found the whole street out talking excitedly.
Sep 30th 2009, 6:33 am
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Re: Earthquake...
yup, felt it too.
Magnitude ML 3.9
Region SPAIN
Date time 2009-09-29 at 20:44:54.0 UTC
Location 39.06 N ; 0.20 W
Depth 15 km
Distances 49 km S Valencia (pop 793,332 ; local time 22:44 2009-09-29)
6 km E Tavernes de la valldigna (pop 17,518 ; local time 22:44 2009-09-29)
Magnitude ML 3.9
Region SPAIN
Date time 2009-09-29 at 20:44:54.0 UTC
Location 39.06 N ; 0.20 W
Depth 15 km
Distances 49 km S Valencia (pop 793,332 ; local time 22:44 2009-09-29)
6 km E Tavernes de la valldigna (pop 17,518 ; local time 22:44 2009-09-29)
Sep 30th 2009, 8:14 am
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Sep 30th 2009, 9:20 am
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Re: Earthquake...
I dont believe this
A few days in England and first the heaviest rain for years and now an earthquake.
A few days in England and first the heaviest rain for years and now an earthquake.
We have had a few our way since we moved ,the Dogs usually give a warning (go nuts just before ) lol
Sep 30th 2009, 12:46 pm
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Re: Earthquake...
well when i arrive tomoro afternoon in pego, i shall probably find our rented apartment a heap of rubble
Sep 30th 2009, 8:29 pm
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Re: Earthquake...
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Oct 1st 2009, 7:30 am
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Re: Earthquake...
I remember a particularly strong earthquake here while my wife was sitting at the dressing table putting on her makeup. She came out looking like Betty Davis in that horror film. The mirror cracked.
Oct 1st 2009, 11:16 pm
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Re: Earthquake...
Shake Rattle and Roll time again
Oct 3rd 2009, 10:07 pm
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Re: Earthquake...
In the area around Granada there are lots of tiny quakes, I remember at the beginning of this year the number (frequency) was going off the charts and a lot of the scientists were worried (albeit I always think lots of little ones are a good thing).
On the coast we get a few too - Motril 7 km from Salobrena on the Costa Tropical has a fiesta every January to mark the date a massive quake leveled the town about 100 years ago.
Reality is Spain is Europe's third most mountainous country - with the Sierra Nevada just outside Granada being the highest mountains, of course their formation is part of a timeless movement of the European and North African techtonic plates.
I must admit I do kind of like them (only experienced rumbles and wave like quakes) in a weird way, makes you feel very small and aware of how fragile life is and how lucky we are.
On the coast we get a few too - Motril 7 km from Salobrena on the Costa Tropical has a fiesta every January to mark the date a massive quake leveled the town about 100 years ago.
Reality is Spain is Europe's third most mountainous country - with the Sierra Nevada just outside Granada being the highest mountains, of course their formation is part of a timeless movement of the European and North African techtonic plates.
I must admit I do kind of like them (only experienced rumbles and wave like quakes) in a weird way, makes you feel very small and aware of how fragile life is and how lucky we are.
