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- M2.9 - Earthquake in the Bay of Biscay

 

This morning there was a magnitude 2.9 earthquake in the Bay of Biscay, with its epicenter at sea. It was recorded by our citizen seismic station.

 

Earthquake in the Bay of Biscay
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This earthquake occurred just after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake in Eastern New Guinea Region, PNG. The video shows the recording of both.

Earthquake data:

 

Date and time of origin: 2025-12-22 10:52:38 UTC
Date and time of arrival at the Citizen seismic station: 2025-12-22 10:53:51 UTC
Location where the station is located: Germans Sàbat, Girona, ES (EU)
Time difference from the event to arrival at the station: 1 minutes and 13 seconds
Distance from the epicenter to the station: 523,96 Km
Wave speed: 7,18 km/s => 7.177,52 m/s
Wave type (according to speed): P
Sensor type: Geophone 4.5Hz - 200 V/m/s
Sampling frequency (sps): 100Hz
Alarms: frequencies activated upon arrival of the wave:
* By order of detection
0.5-1Hz, 0.1-1Hz, 0.1-0.8Hz
Place of Origin: Golfo de Vizcaya
Geodetic coordinates of the epicenter:  📍 44.6219°N -2.5787°E
Depth (hypocenter): 305.7 km
Magnitude Richter Scale: M2.9
Modified Mercalli Scale Magnitude MMI => DYFI (Did You Feel It):
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* MMI estimated

 

 

- GlobalQuake visualization software





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