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British holidaymakers told to avoid 'earthquake island' after 1,000 tremors in a week

Island in the Azores could be evacuated

Wales Online · Mar 25, 2022

Portugal holidays: Major earthquake warning in the Azores as islands prepare for evacuation

Velas, a municipality in the Sao Jorge Island, is the main town and has been the epicentre of more than 2,000 minor earthquakes alone since March 19.

Irish Mirror · Mar 25, 2022

Brits warned against travel to Portuguese island hit by 1,100 earthquakes this week

The Foreign Office has changed its Portugal travel advice to warn Brits against heading to an island in the Azores that's been hit by over 1,100 earthquakes this week

Daily Mirror · Mar 25, 2022

Island in Portugal’s Azores archipelago hit by 1,100 earthquakes in just 48 hours

Magnitude of the quakes ranged from 1.9 to 3.3, with 63 of them being felt by the local population

The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2022

More than 1,000 small earthquakes hit Portuguese volcanic island

Around 1,100 small earthquakes have rattled one of Portugal's mid-Atlantic volcanic islands in less than 48 hours, prompting authorities to activate an emergency plan as experts assess what they have described as a "seismic crisis".

Reuters · Mar 21, 2022

Burnt-out cargo ship with luxury cars sinks off Portugal's Azores

A burnt-out cargo ship carrying thousands of luxury cars, including Porsches and Bentleys, sank on Tuesday off the Portuguese Azores archipelago nearly two weeks after it caught fire, a port official said.

Reuters · Mar 1, 2022

Salvage team boards burnt ship with luxury cars off Azores, towing begins

More than a week after a ship packed with luxury cars caught fire in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, a salvage team managed to board the vessel on Friday and started to tow it to a safe location off the Portuguese Azores archipelago.

Reuters · Feb 25, 2022

Abandoned burning ship ‘had $400m cargo of luxury cars’

Estimate by insurers comes as Felicity Ace is ‘still assumed to remain on fire south of the Azores’

The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2022

Fire dies down on ship carrying luxury cars

LISBON: A fire which swept through a cargo ship carrying thousands of luxury cars and adrift off the coast of Portugal's Azores islands has lost its intensity, probably because there is little left to burn, a port official said on Monday.

Bangkok Post · Feb 21, 2022

Fire dies down on ship carrying luxury cars, with little left to burn

A fire which swept through a cargo ship carrying thousands of luxury cars and adrift off the coast of Portugal's Azores islands has lost its intensity, probably because there is little left to burn, a port official said.

Reuters · Feb 21, 2022