The National Geographic Institute (IGN) has reported this Monday of a 3.4 magnitude earthquake recorded around 11:00 p.m. this Sunday in the municipality of Santa Lucía de Tirajana and that has been felt in almost the entire island of Gran Canaria with different intensity.
The epicenter occurred at a depth of 26 kilometers and Temisas has been the town where it has been felt most intensely with a 4 out of 10, a scale on which earthquakes are widely observed and felt by many inside buildings without cause structural damage.
The National Geographic Institute has enabled a macroseismic questionnaire to collect information about the earthquake. Using this form, those affected can provide data about what they experienced during and after the earthquake, such as their actions, reactions and possible movements of objects.
These data, together with the information obtained by the institute’s seismographs, are essential to understand and assess the magnitude of earthquakes, as well as to estimate the possible damage caused.
With a strength of 3, somewhat weak, it has also spread to the towns of Agüimes, Arguineguín, El Helechal, Valsequillo, El Sequero, La Sorrueda, Meloneras, Los Berrazales, Los Llanos, Los Quintanas and Piso Firme, San José del Álamo, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Tenteniguada.
In turn, this earthquake has been almost imperceptible, registering an intensity of only 2 out of 10 in Agaete, Casas de Veneguera, Ingenio, La Aldea de San Nicolás, La Cantera, La Humbridilla, La Lechuza, Sardina, Tamaraceite and La Suerte, in addition to the Agaete Valley, details the IGN on its website.
