Latest news and stories about seismic activity in Portugal for expats and residents.
Since June 2022, seismic activity at the Santa Bárbara Volcano has been “above normal reference values.”
A seismic event occurring in the Galicia region was detected by monitoring stations located within Portuguese territory.
Stations of the Mainland Seismic Network recorded an earthquake with an epicentre about 35 kilometres east-southeast of the city of Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia.
A seismic event originating in Spain was felt in Portuguese territory.
A seismic event originating in Spain was felt in Portuguese territory.
Study shows that major geological faults can simultaneously guide the ascent of magma and help prevent eruptions.
A seismic event with a magnitude of 3.4 was registered on Terceira Island in the Azores archipelago at 3 a.m.
Most of the localisable seismic activity was centred on the Santa Bárbara volcano on Terceira Island, south of São Miguel Island, and in the area of the Pico Alto and Guilherme Moniz volcanoes on Terceira Island.
CIVISA has raised the alert level from V0 to V1 due to higher than normal seismic activity. On Wednesday, a magnitude 3.0 earthquake was felt on the islands of Pico and Faial.
CIVISA explains that “the depth of the events is distributed vertically from 20 kilometres to near the surface”
The tremor was recorded at 11:52 (12:52 in Lisbon) and had its epicentre about four kilometres north of Madalena, on Pico Island.
A tremor of intensity III was recorded at 10:15 am Lisbon time, with its epicentre located approximately five kilometres north of Madalena, on Pico island.
The tremor was recorded at 09:15 local time (10:15 in Lisbon) and had its epicentre about five kilometres north of Madalena, on the island of Pico.
The 2025 tsunami on the Kamchatka Peninsula (in Russia) was observed by a satellite, which detected wave patterns that allow for the identification of the phenomenon's origin. This may help us prepare.
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