The tremor registered 2.8 on the Richter scale and its epicentre was pinpointed to eight kilometres east north-east of the village of Alvito at around 11 minutes past midnight. According to the Met Office no damage or injuries were caused by the quake, which appears to have gone largely unnoticed by the local population.
Earthquake registered in Alentejo
in World · 28 Jul 2016, 14:15 · 1 Comments
We were woken at 3.16am by a rumbling sound and the wardrobes shaking. Apparently the epicentre was in Caldas da Rainha and measured 3.5
By Caroline Bowen from Lisbon on 30 Jul 2016, 09:00