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SPANISH scientists will research seismic exercise within the Strait of Gibraltar in a bid to find out the viability of an underwater prepare connecting Morocco with Spain.
The evaluation can be carried out by the Spanish Society of the Examine of Fastened Communications via the Strait of Gibraltar SA (Secegsa).
Secegsa plans to put in 4 ocean backside seismometers alongside the proposed route, which can be monitored by the Royal Observatory of the Navy (ROA), experiences Europa Sur.
Secegsa and the ROA beforehand studied seismic exercise within the strait in 2014.
The outcomes confirmed scarce or non-existent seismic exercise within the space, with tremors within the zones closest to the seismometers measuring lower than three on the Richter scale.
A contract to purchase and set up the brand new seismometers has been put out to tender.
In March this 12 months, Spain’s transport minister Oscar Puente informed Morocco that his nation needed to re-focus on the ‘strategic’ tunnel challenge.
After research carried out final 12 months and this 12 months, the route of the tunnel, if the challenge goes forward, can be between Punta Paloma in Tarifa and Punta Malabata, 11km west of Tangier.
The stretch between the 2 nations measures 42km, and was chosen as a result of the utmost depth could be 300m.
The shortest possibility, connecting Punta Canales and Punta Cires, for instance, would see a most depth of 900m, making such a challenge unfeasible.
The plans up to now are for 2 single-track tunnels measuring 7.9m in diameter, with a service gallery of 6m in diameter.
