Earthquake/Tremor

[Chrisdee]

Cheers for that Dermot, it a thing that I'm always going to do tomorrow, but tomorrow never seems to come, but I think I will definitely sort this out next week with my insurance company as it's a lot of money involved when it's a house.

[Joe]

I also have my insurance with Mapfre taken out through Solbank. I will have to check with them when I am out in September.
Thanks for that Dermot - it's good to be made aware of it.

[the drifter]

excellent dermot cheers for that i will have it checked out!

[Chrisdee]

Typical!! Walked down to the insurance company today, thought I'd get it sorted out once and for all - Guess what? Shop closed, arghhhh.
Only open Mon-Fri. Will try again next week, fingers crossed we don't get a bad one between now and then.

[Chrisdee]

Originally Posted by Scorpio

Check your house insurance, I very much doubt you'd be covered. Scary thought eh!

I know it's an old post and no we haven't had another earthquake. It's just that I went to pay my yearly house insurance today and I did ask the question "Am I covered in the event of an earthquake" and their reply was "Not by your insurance company but you are by the governments insurance".
Apparently I've been paying a few euros on top every year, this year 9.46 euros and that is for if my house gets damaged during an earthquake, my insurance company do all the dealings with the governments insurance and hopefully sorts it out.
On my receipt it is down as Consorcio.
At least I found a little comfort in that.
Lets hope I never have to use this service.
So it may be worth checking if you also have this.
I didn't ask, but maybe it's automatic?

[Nalle]

Originally Posted by Chrisdee

I know it's an old post and no we haven't had another earthquake. It's just that I went to pay my yearly house insurance today and I did ask the question "Am I covered in the event of an earthquake" and their reply was "Not by your insurance company but you are by the governments insurance".
Apparently I've been paying a few euros on top every year, this year 9.46 euros and that is for if my house gets damaged during an earthquake, my insurance company do all the dealings with the governments insurance and hopefully sorts it out.
On my receipt it is down as Consorcio.
At least I found a little comfort in that.
Lets hope I never have to use this service.
So it may be worth checking if you also have this.
I didn't ask, but maybe it's automatic?

It doesnt just cover earthquakes, but all nature disasters as a hailstorm. about 6 years ago there was a hailstorm in Elche/Santa Pola. with icelumps the size of golfballs hitting everything. In my village a lot of roofs were destroyed, and our insurance covered that. as it was classed as a "Zona catastrofica"
You should have seen some of the cars, Looked like someone had gone apesh*t on them with a hammer.

[Chrisdee]

Originally Posted by Nalle

It doesnt just cover earthquakes, but all nature disasters as a hailstorm. about 6 years ago there was a hailstorm in Elche/Santa Pola. with icelumps the size of golfballs hitting everything. In my village a lot of roofs were destroyed, and our insurance covered that. as it was classed as a "Zona catastrofica"
You should have seen some of the cars, Looked like someone had gone apesh*t on them with a hammer.

Is it automatically in all insurance policies then or should people check for themselves and make sure they are covered? I am with Knights Insurance and it is an extra on my receipt. Although I didn't ask for it, but glad I have it.

[Nalle]

I havent got a clue. But I assume (perhaps wrongly so) that it is. But I think it has to be declared as a disaster by officials. So a small tremmor that only does a small crack in your house but nowhere else, perhaps wouldnt be covered. The big flood in north Alicante was declared a disaster so they were covered.

[ScottB]

The only tremor picked up in region by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre in the last 24 hours was this one:


Magnitude: mb 3.8
Region: SPAIN
Date/Time: 2008-09-07 at 19:52:38.3 UTC
Location: 38.19 N ; 0.15 W
Depth:11 km
Distances:34 km SE Alacant (pop 315,863 ; local time 21:52 2008-09-07); 34 km SE Sant Joan d'Alacant (pop 19,932 ; local time 21:52 2008-09-07)

[cb2011]

Originally Posted by ScottB

The only tremor picked up in region by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre in the last 24 hours was this one:


Magnitude: mb 3.8
Region: SPAIN
Date/Time: 2008-09-07 at 19:52:38.3 UTC
Location: 38.19 N ; 0.15 W
Depth:11 km
Distances:34 km SE Alacant (pop 315,863 ; local time 21:52 2008-09-07); 34 km SE Sant Joan d'Alacant (pop 19,932 ; local time 21:52 2008-09-07)

it was nearly a month ago