Magnitude 4.1 Earthquake Near Palafrugell: IGN Monitors Effects and Reaction

The National Geográfico Institute (IGN) recorded during the night of this Sunday, August 20, an earthquake of magnitude 4.1 near Palafrugell. Seismographs have located the epicenter of the tremor far from urban centers.

Specifically, it has been located 51 kilometers away from Begur and has been located in the sea, kilometers deep. Its effects could also have reached, to a greater or lesser extent, nearby areas such as Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Roses or Palamós..

The IGN makes a macro-seismic questionnaire available to citizens so that they can report their situation in case they have felt the tremor. Through it, those affected can declare what they were doing at the time, if they were asleep or awake, what their reaction was and if the objects moved or fell to the ground.

These data, together with those collected by the seismographs, are “essential” for the agency to alert the population of the intensity of the earthquakes and calculate the damage they may have caused.

As a curiosity, it should be noted that it was Fernando VI who introduced this questionnaire in Spain after the Lisbon earthquake in 1755, which caused nearly 100,000 deaths throughout the Peninsula.. However, it has changed over the years. This Sunday the 20th is the first earthquake to be recorded in the area in the last month.