The latest publication by the Seismic Monitoring and Research Group SMRG at UM is about the earthquakes that struck Malta in 2020 - An earthquake swarm on the Malta Graben, Central Mediterranean, September - November 2020
The paper is published on Xjenza Online and in it SMRG discuss the earthqua
Malta is deemed as the European country facing the highest stress on its water resources. Our islands have a semi-arid climate with approximately 550 millimetre
More than 500 earthquakes took place in the vicinity of Malta over a 19 year period, with most so small they weren t felt by residents.
Scientists from the University of Malta s Department of Geosciences identified the tremors in the country s first national earthquake catalogue.
The 500 earthquakes took place around the islands between 1995 and 2014 - equating to 26 a year.
They were the recorded on the only seismic station operating on Malta during this period, code-named WDD and located at Wied Dalam, limits of Birżebbuġa. Most of the earthquakes were weak and not felt by residents.
The epicentres were all off-shore and most were located along the graben systems beneath the sea. The grabens are deep submarine canyons which separate Malta from Lampedusa, Pantelleria and North Africa in general.