2007 Iberian Peninsula earthquake
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The Iberian Peninsula
earthquake happened at 11:23 a.m. Central European time
on February 12, 2007 with an epicentre at 160 km southwest of Cabo de São Vicente, Portugal. The coordinates were 36.09 degrees north and 10.26 degrees west.
The earthquake was felt primarily in Portugal, Spain (especially Andalusia
), and Morocco
's Atlantic coast
al cities.
Iberian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula , sometimes called Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe and includes the modern-day sovereign states of Spain, Portugal and Andorra, as well as the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar...
earthquake happened at 11:23 a.m. Central European time
Central European Time
Central European Time , used in most parts of the European Union, is a standard time that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time . The time offset from UTC can be written as +01:00...
on February 12, 2007 with an epicentre at 160 km southwest of Cabo de São Vicente, Portugal. The coordinates were 36.09 degrees north and 10.26 degrees west.
The earthquake was felt primarily in Portugal, Spain (especially Andalusia
Andalusia
Andalusia is the most populous and the second largest in area of the autonomous communities of Spain. The Andalusian autonomous community is officially recognised as a nationality of Spain. The territory is divided into eight provinces: Huelva, Seville, Cádiz, Córdoba, Málaga, Jaén, Granada and...
), and Morocco
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
's Atlantic coast
Atlantic Coast
The Atlantic Coast is any coast fronting the Atlantic Ocean. The term differentiates the coasts of countries or continents with coastlines on more than one body of water, such as North America, South America, Africa and Europe.-See also:*Indian Ocean...
al cities.
External links
- http://eqinfo.ucsd.edu/special_events/2007/043/a/ Broadband Seismic Data Collection Center (ANZA), UCSD official site - Earthquake details and waveform images