The coasts of Ibiza have registered 673 earthquakes of varying magnitudes and 778 small tremors in the last one hundred years according to the earthquake and volcano portal Volcano Discovery.

Thus, since February 6th, 1923 until today, in the Western Mediterranean between the Valencian coast and the coast of Ibiza there have been several earthquakes. In total, in that period Ibiza has had twelve earthquakes of magnitude 4.0 or more on the Ritcher seismological scale, 103 of between 3 and 4 y 558 earthquakes between 2 and 3. In addition, as reported by the platform, there have also been 778 small tremors below 2 points, movement that people are not normally able to perceive.

The earthquake that most closely touched the island took place on the morning of the July 28th, 1945 and reached a magnitude of 4.5 at a depth of 33 kilometers.

Seismic activity recorded during the last hundred years near Ibiza | Google Maps

Most of the seismic activity in this Mediterranean region has been detected mostly off the Valencian coast. The movement with the greatest magnitude (4.9 on the Ritcher scale) was recorded in front of the Alicante city of Benidorm on March 5th, 1981.

According to the Enciclopèdia d’Eivissa i Formentera, the particular geological history of the Pitiusas has to be understood within the context of the complex geodynamics that this particular area of the western Mediterranean has undergone, located right where the African and Eurasian plates break.

Even so, the threats of severe earthquakes or tremors are very unlikely, as experts have stressed on several occasions.

Major earthquakes detected near the Ibizan coast since 2000

Major earthquakes detected near the Ibiza coast since 2000 | Volcano Discovery

Turkey earthquake threat ruled out

Throughout this afternoon, geologists had warned of the possibility that the 7.8 magnitude earthquake which shook Turkey and Syria in the early hours of Monday morning and left 2.600 victims could affect the Balearic Islands in the form of a tsunami.

However, the College of Geologists later ruled out this possibility, when Italy deactivated the alert. The president of the organization, Manuel Regueiro has appealed for calm and considered that “those who are most attentive would have received it first and now, safe to say that they now have data indicating that there is no longer a risk”.

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