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Still recovering from the storm, Wood shaken by earthquake of 2.9

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Still recovering from the storm, Wood shaken by earthquake of 2.9

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake on the Richter scale was recorded this morning in Madeira.

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14/11/2026
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Andrea Pinto

Um seism of magnitude 2.9 on the Richter scale was recorded at 00h20 this morning, with epicenter about 300 kilometers north of Funchal, in the Madeira-Tore region.

 

According to data shared by IPMA, the shock was felt at a depth of 15 kilometers.

Madeira, remember, was affected by the passage of storm Charles on the night of Tuesday and early on Wednesday, marked by high rainfall rates and strong winds, which put the archipelago under red warning of the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA), and which caused mainly material damage.

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