A magnitude 5.3 earthquake has toppled several buildings in southern Spain, near the town of Lorca, killing at least four people, officials say. The quake struck at a depth of just 1km (0.6 miles), some 120km south-west of Alicante, at 1850 (1650 GMT), the US Geological Survey reported. TV shots showed rescue workers rushing through debris-littered streets. Lorca Mayor Francisco Jodar told local radio the four deaths were caused by falling debris and cave-ins. Old buildings, including a clocktower, were badly damaged by the quake, which followed a smaller 4.4-magnitude quake about an hour earlier. Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has deployed emergency military units to the scene, the Spanish EFE news agency reported. BBC
7 people dead so far. what is happening to this planet, earth quakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, rivers flooding
Was reading this morning that a load of people in Rome took the day off work and left the city after a seismologist who died in 1979 predicted a deadly earthquake would hit the city today. Wasn't a huge distance off was he. RIP to all those victims from this.