Cape Verde: Earthquake, August 2016

The smallest inhabited island of the Cape Verde archipelago, Brava (64 square km; population 6,000) has been experiencing since the 1st August strong and regular tremors at the core of the island (around 1000 seismic events of 3.6 Richter magnitude), leading to the Government’s decision to evacuate 300 people from the epicentre region at the centre of the island (Localities of Cova Joana and Benfica) to the nearby city of Nova Sintra.