Six earthquakes were recorded in Almeria province between Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning, with five clustered around Tabernas.
The strongest reached magnitude 3.0 at 6.03pm on Wednesday, with its epicentre north of Tabernas at an estimated depth of three kilometres.
It registered a maximum intensity of III and was also felt in Pechina, Bacares, Cantoria, Laroya, Lubrin, Macael and Senes.
Four further tremors followed around Tabernas, ranging from magnitude 1.6 to 2.5.
The latest occurred at 9.17am on Thursday, northeast of the town, with a magnitude of 2.0 and an estimated depth of zero kilometres.
A separate magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded southwest of Berja at 4.24pm on Wednesday, at a depth of 11 kilometres.
Almeria lies in one of Spain’s most seismically active regions, where movement between the African and Eurasian tectonic plates places stress on a network of active faults.
Earthquakes in the region are commonly shallow and of low or moderate magnitude.
It means the series of tremors are within the range of normal seismic behaviour and residents do not need to be worried.
Tabernas experienced another sequence in February, when a magnitude 4.2 earthquake was followed by 56 aftershocks, most below magnitude 2, according to the IGN’s subsequent assessment.
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake off Cabo de Gata on July 14, 2025, was felt in 586 locations and followed by 117 aftershocks recorded up to September 2.
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