An earthquake has rocked parts of Spain, with the tremors felt by tourists and locals in a popular Costa Blanca resort.
Residents as well as Brits staying in Torrevieja for the Easter holidays described being ‘almost thrown out of bed’ when the tremors hit just after midnight.
One local said that the tremor was ‘the strongest quake I have ever felt in my life,’ Spanish Eye reports.
The epicentre was just five kilometres from the popular holiday hotspot and was registered at a magnitude of 3, according to the Instituto Geografico Nacional.
A series of quakes was also registered off the coast of Barcelona, north of the Balearic islands, shortly after.
Residents as well as Brits staying in Torrevieja for the Easter holidays described being ‘almost thrown out of bed’
The epicentre was just five kilometres from the popular holiday hotspot and was registered at a magnitude of 3, according to the Instituto Geografico Nacional
Local Matias Web said on X that while he is ‘used to these types of events’, last night’s quake produced ‘a very loud noise, as if rocks had been breaking deep underground.’
‘We were probably very close to the epicentre,’ he added.
One Spanish social media user wrote: ‘My whole house shook!’, while another simply said: ‘I’m terrified.’
‘In Orihuela Costa there was a lot of noise and vibrations,’ another said.
