By Cathy Elelman • Published: 11 Apr 2019 • 10:44
EARTHQUAKE: The tremor measured 3.7 on the Richter Scale with the epicentre 50 kilometres off the Roquetas de Mar coast in Almeria. Photo credits: Shutterstock / IGN
THE earth had a little shudder first thing this morning in Spain’s Andalucia.
The National Geographic Institute registered a tremor measuring 3.7 on the Richter Scale, the epicentre 50 kilometres off the Roquetas de Mar coast in Almeria province, at 9.05am today (Thursday).
At five kilometres down, it was a low-intensity quake. There were no reports of anyone hurt or any material damage.
There have been a number of small tremors in the same area this week, the strongest a 2.2.
#terremoto 11/04/2019 07:05:54UTC ALBORÁN NORTE mag=3.7 prof=5km cálculo provisional https://t.co/75xd5pb57U — IGN Sismología (@IGN_Sismologia) April 11, 2019
#terremoto 11/04/2019 07:05:54UTC ALBORÁN NORTE mag=3.7 prof=5km cálculo provisional https://t.co/75xd5pb57U
— IGN Sismología (@IGN_Sismologia) April 11, 2019
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Cathy Elelman is the local writer for the Costa de Almeria edition of the Euro Weekly News.
Based in Mojacar for the last 21 years, Cathy is very much part of the local community and is always well and truly up on all the latest news and events going on in this region of Spain.
Her top goals are to do the best job she can informing the local English-speaking community, visitors to the area and the wider world about about the news in Almeria, to learn something new every day, and to embrace very new challenge this fast-changing world brings her way.
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