Important scare on the night of Wednesday to Thursday on the coast of the Marina Alta. At 1:45 in the morning, an earthquake of magnitude 3 on the Richter scale startled the residents of the area. Apparently, according to reports from the National Geographic Institute (IGN), would have occurred off the coast of Calp, several kilometers deep.
As reported by the IGN, the maximum intensity of the tremor has been noted in Benissa with a level IV on the intensity scale, which indicates that it has been widely observed but has not caused any damage. The following populations in which more has been noted have been Calp, Gata de Gorgos and Xàbia, with an intensity III (weak); and Altea, Dénia and Pedreguer, with an intensity level II (hardly felt). The intensity values of an earthquake range from I to XII.
New tremors
According to IGN, the scare has persisted on the Calpina coast during the night since the 3: 05 and the 3: 25 hours there have been new tremors. The first of scale 2 and the second of 2,2. The epicenter of these two earthquakes has been at 12 km depth being of intensity III.
