Some napping at home, others at work. Be that as it may, the truth is that thousands of people have noticed the tremor that has shaken Spain from side to side. Where is the epicenter located? How deep has it been produced?
Latitude 39.04 degrees North; Longitude 2.65 degrees west. Or what is the same very, very close to the Albacete town of Ossa de Montiel , in the vicinity of the beautiful Ruidera lagoons. That has been the exact place where the first official information has taken place the earthquake that shook the Iberian Peninsula on February 23 at 17:16 hours according to the local clock (16:16 GMT).
The magnitude certified by the National Geographical Institute (IGN) has been 5.2 degrees on the Richter scale and has taken place at a depth of approximately 10 kilometers to the surface.
After reviewing the data, the IGN seismology department has confirmed in a tweet on its official account that the revised calculation is: SISMO 02/23/2015 16:27:03 GMT lat = 39.03 lon = -2.64 Depth = 19km 2.5ML NE OSSA DE MONTIEL.AB. In any case, they do not rule out refining the results further as more data arrives from the seismological centers.
Shortly after the quake, social media was abuzz with messages wondering if what they had just felt was a real earthquake. The IGN, before the flood of visits, has collapsed and they have had to report the details through their official Twitter and Facebook profiles.
For many of the inhabitants of the peninsula it has been the first in their life. Many of them are also hoping that it will be the last they experience.
