05.10.2013 - 09:51 [ Reuters ]

Small earthquake hits Spain near gas storage project

(01.10.) Spain‘s National Geographic Institute said the earthquake at 0532 local time measured 4.2 magnitude, the strongest yet in the region around the Gulf of Valencia, a zone not normally known for seismic activity.

The government last week ordered a stop to injections of gas into the European Investment Bank-backed Castor storage plant, while scientists study whether the injections triggered the quakes.