An ML 4.9 earthquake occurred in Arraiolos, central Alentejo, on the 15 January 2018. As the mainshock was recorded as the highest magnitude in the region, a thorough investigation of the cause of this seismicity was carried out. In this study, local seismic tomography was conducted for the first time to demonstrate the importance of a uniform spatial distribution of earthquakes for obtaining accurate crustal i...
On September 8, 2023, at 22:11 UTC, an earthquake of magnitude 6.8 with epicenter near the village of Talat N'Yaaqoub, province of Al Haouz (Morocco), High Atlas region, shook violently the entire epicentral zone within a radius of more of 70km, seriously affecting the structures of more than 78,000 buildings and causing approximately 5,600 injuries and around 3,000 fatalities. This work presents part of the de...
No dia 19 de Março de 2022, pelas 17h e 11 minutos desencadeou-se na Ilha de S. Jorge - Açores uma crise sísmica cuja frequência atingiu o máximo de 700 eventos/hora. Nos dias seguintes ao início da crise, o Instituto de Ciências da Terra – Universidade de Évora - e o Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera (IPMA) procederam à instalação de um conjunto de estações sísmicas nas ilhas de S. Jorge, Pico e Faial,...