Earthquake!

Last week there was an earthquake very near to Gibraltar, in my opinion a little too close for comfort. According to different websites and news sources the epicentre but I have chosen to look at the Spanish new website of Europa Sur which is a new paper for the Campo de Gibraltar.

They have reported a 4.3 earthquake just 50km north of Gibraltar, close to a town Called Jimena de la Frontera. I did not feel any movement when it happened (it was around 4am last Tuesday) and in the morning I went to check if the wine glasses in the sink had fallen over but they had not moved an inch. The rabbits might have felt it though as that same morning they woke us both very early – we could hear them nervously biting their cages and running and hopping around.

I went into work the next day and I was asking everyone if they had felt anything and no one seemed to have done so.

I know Gibraltar is in a high earthquake zone so little earthquakes come and go all the time, some we do not even get to know about, but this was a moderate one which people in Spain have felt. The last major earthquake felt in Gibraltar was the big earthquake in Morocco a few years back - a minor tremor was felt here.

I am just happy that in this latest movement of earth no got hurt and there are no reports of any damages.