Magnitude 5.5 earthquake off Portugal shakes south of Spain and Morocco

The earth once again shook early this Monday morning (26 August) when an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 on the Richter scale was recorded in the Pacific, south of Portugal’s capital, Lisbon.

Spain’s National Geographic Institute (IGN) said that the earthquake was registered 6.11am at Spanish mainland time, one hour earlier in Portugal) at a depth of 19 kilometres, according to the revised calculation published on its website.

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