Spanish scientists find new fault line in Alborán Sea
Wednesday, July 25, 2018 @ 1:04 AM
A NEW fault line has been found in the Alborán Sea by members of Spain's High Council of Scientific Research (CSIC).
As part of their ongoing marine geophysics studies on board the craft Hespérides in May 2016, the CSIC's data have finally been analysed and revealed a potential earthquake zone in the south-eastern sea between the province of Almería and the Spanish-owned enclave of Melilla on the northern Moroccan coast, close to the Algerian border.
The fault line lies along the point where the Eurasian and African tectonic plates meet in the westernmost point of the Mediterranean and is thought to continue as far as the shores of Morocco, following the arc of Gibraltar between the Iberian peninsula and Africa towards the west, and also northwards, affecting the Campo de Dalias region of the province of Almería.
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