Portugal coast hit by 5.3 magnitude earthquake

The quake hit waters 7.7km south-east of the capital, Lisbon, and 74km south-west of Setúbal.

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00:00Portuguese authorities are calling for calm following a 5.3 Richter scale earthquake that

00:08struck in the early hours of Monday morning.

00:13Government officials say the event was not strong enough to warrant executing recovery

00:17plans.

00:19It is a concern in the sense that the concern is to know if we have means of response.

00:25And a natural phenomenon with this intensity already allows to verify how the means are

00:34or are not ready and with the capacity to respond.

00:37Therefore, from that point of view, let's say it is a collateral advantage of an event

00:42like this is to be able to do this test in a real way.

00:48The epicentre of the earthquake was recorded in the Atlantic 58 kilometres west of Sines

00:54but felt as far as Lisbon.

00:57Up to three aftershocks were recorded.

01:00The earthquake caused no personal or material damage so far according to Portuguese authorities.

01:17It is Portugal's strongest seismic event recorded since 2009 when a 5.6 quake struck the south coast.