FOUR earthquakes have been registered in the Valencia region in the first two days of 2015 in all three provinces.
A tremor measuring 2.6 on the Richter scale was felt at 23.43hrs exactly on the night of Thursday, January 1, in Mislata, just outside Valencia city, but was not intense enough to cause damage or injury.
It was followed before daybreak on Friday by another measuring 1.6 in Torrevieja, in the south of the province of Alicante and a third in Morella (Castellón province) of 2.2 on the Richter scale.
Then, at exactly 16.48hrs in Aldaia, just outside Valencia city on Friday, January 2, a fourth tremor was recorded at 1.6 on the Richter scale.
Spain’s east coast has a series of fault lines and earthquakes are not uncommon, but they are usually so minor they go unnoticed and, when they are felt, cause little damage beyond the occasional ornament falling or, more rarely, have been known to lead to cracks in a well-worn window.
Aside from the devastating quake of May 2011 in Lorca (Murcia) which left several dead and thousands homeless, most produce a similar impact to that of a heavy lorry driven past at speed.
