Over 100 earthquakes registered in Malta in just 8 days
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Dr. Daniela Farrugia, a Researcher at UOM Seismic Monitoring and Research, confirmed with Malta Daily, that Malta experienced more than a 100 earthquakes in the past 8 days.
Since the 17th of January, the UOM Seismic Monitoring system recorded more than a 100 earthquakes. This is not the first time such a sequence happened, said Dr. Farrugia.
In fact, during the past few hours a magnitude-five earthquake was felt across the Malta, followed by two smaller aftershocks.
The earthquake, which measured 5.2 on the Richter Scale, struck some 100km south of Malta at 9:25pm.
The UOM SMRG, later also recorded two smaller quakes measuring 4.3 and 3.6 on the Richter Scale.
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