A slight earthquake was recorded in the province of Murcia

A magnitude 3 earthquake. It was recorded near Elda around 11:29:16 this Monday, September 18, according to data collected by the National Geographic Institute (IGN). The epicenter has been located just 10 kilometers from Yecla, in the province of Murcia, and has been recorded kilometers deep.

The intensity of the tremor has been very low, so that only some inhabitants of Jumilla, Pinoso and Fuente-Álamo may have felt it..

All those who have felt the earthquake have at their disposal the macroseismic questionnaire from which a magnitude will be assigned on the Richter scale.. Using this sheet they can alert them of their situation, as well as report what they were doing at the time, whether they themselves or their family members were awake, what their reaction was and whether the objects moved or fell to the ground..

The parameters established by the American seismographer Charles Francis Richter quantify the energy released by an earth movement according to values assigned logarithmically, so a magnitude of 4 points is not double 2 points, but 100 times higher.. The maximum possible would be 12 degrees – enough force to fracture the Earth's surface – while the largest earthquake ever recorded reached 9.5 degrees in Valdivida (Chile)..

Today's is not the only earthquake that has been recorded in the area during the last week, and so far this month the number of tremors has risen to three. Thus, what happened this Monday is the strongest that has been experienced in the area in the last six months, above that recorded on March 23 of this year, which reached a magnitude of 2.5.