Several earthquakes of magnitude 4 shake the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores

Two earthquakes of magnitude 4 on the Richter scale shook the Terceira and San Miguel islands in the Azores archipelago (Portugal) this Monday, without any damage or victims being reported.

According to the Azores Volcanic Information and Surveillance Center (CIVISA), the first earthquake occurred around 4:44 p.m. local time (same GMT time) and had as its epicenter an area 3 kilometers northeast of Santa Bárbara, on Terceira Island.

Four minutes later, the second earthquake occurred, with the epicenter 2 kilometers northeast of that same location.

The volcano of the same name is located in Santa Bárbara, which since June 2022 has been registering activity above normal values.. The last eruption was in 1761.

The earthquakes were felt with maximum intensity in areas of the western and eastern parts of Terceira Island, while they were also noted, but less intensely, in the town of Ponta Delgada, in San Miguel.

This seismic activity occurs after an earthquake with a magnitude of between 6.8 and 7 shook Morocco on September 8, leaving almost 3,000 dead.