00:00Good evening, and welcome to a new episode of your show, What's Happening.
00:05Today is Tuesday, September 1st, 2026.
00:09That means it's the 1st of September, 2026.
00:12And it's also the 19th of Rabi al-Awa.
00:15It was a seismic day, with earthquakes and tremors hitting several places around the world.
00:22But what draws attention here are two earthquakes, or a swarm of earthquakes,
00:27in one country, and another earthquake in a different country within our Arab region.
00:33Let me start with the series of earthquakes that struck Iran,
00:38specifically five earthquakes and tremors that hit Iran in the past few hours,
00:43all in the same location.
00:46The last earthquake in this swarm was about four or five hours ago,
00:51and it struck with a magnitude of 4.3 on the Richter scale,
00:59the epicenter of these earthquakes and tremors,
01:03or this swarm of earthquakes and tremors,
01:06is the Iranian city of Jansan.
01:08According to the available information,
01:11the people of the city felt the earthquake strongly,
01:14especially since the epicenter is Jansan itself.
01:21It is about 200 kilometers from Basra province in Iraq,
01:27so maybe our people in Basra also felt some of these earthquakes and tremors.
01:35The epicenter of these earthquakes is only about 200 kilometers from the waters of the Arabian Gulf,
01:41and about 100 kilometers from a nuclear power plant located there,
01:46overlooking the Arabian Gulf, which is the Buche nuclear power plant.
01:53Why do these earthquakes and tremors always raise so many questions?
01:58Because when they happen, it's as if something has already occurred in the area.
02:03We saw this yesterday.
02:05There was an American strike on Khark Island in Iran,
02:08and Iran responded by targeting American bases in the region.
02:12And Khark Island is very close to the center of this earthquake,
02:16also near the city of Jansan.
02:17The area around the island is about 150 kilometers from Jansan,
02:21which is the center of this earthquake,
02:23which suggests that something happened,
02:27that there is a strong possibility that Iran is conducting nuclear tests in this area.
02:33Otherwise, what explains the swarm of earthquakes and tremors at this area?
02:39It's close to a nuclear plant, close to the Iraqi border,
02:43and also close to Khark Island.
02:45Iran is a serious issue.
02:48We hope it passes safely, not just in Iran.
02:51There was a clear earthquake that hit about two or three hours ago
02:55in the area between Morocco and Spain,
02:59specifically in the Alboran Sea.
03:02It had a magnitude of 3.2 on the Richter scale.
03:07It struck at around 12 noon local time in Morocco.
03:12The epicenter of this earthquake is about 50 or 60 kilometers from the Moroccan coast,
03:20specifically from the city of Al-Hochema in Morocco.
03:25There is a high probability that our people in Al-Hochema felt this earthquake,
03:30because there were also people who clearly felt this earthquake in Spain.
03:34Specifically, it was reported that many people in Malaga, Spain, felt this earthquake,
03:40and also, which is what concerns me, people in the city of Granada, Spain, felt it as well.
03:48Even though Granada is about 90 or 100 kilometers away from the epicenter of this earthquake,
03:54while Al-Hochema is about 50 or 60 kilometers away,
03:58those who were in Granada felt this earthquake more strongly than our people in the city of Al-Hochema in
04:04Morocco did.
04:06Granada, okay, let's remember, Granada.
04:11Granada itself, this Spanish city, about three weeks ago,
04:15was hit by a swarm of earthquakes and successive tremors,
04:19which caused significant damage in Granada, damaged houses, and damaged cars.
04:24So today, when Granada shakes because of a somewhat moderate earthquake,
04:30with a magnitude of 3.2 that hits the Alboran Sea.
04:34So this is evidence that Granada is under seismic stress,
04:38seismically active, and there is clear seismic energy in the city,
04:42which makes it very likely to experience a strong earthquake that might hit later.
04:47Of course, I wish safety for everyone,
04:49and I especially wish safety for our people in Morocco, first and foremost, of course,
04:54and I wish safety for our people in Spain.
04:56We will continue to follow up with you in the upcoming episodes.
04:59That was everything.
05:00This is Al-Hadal Drama with you, and this was the program What's Happening.
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