Earthquake in Pilar de la Horadada
Monday, September 29, 2014 @ 10:49 AM
AN EARTHQUAKE rocked the southern Costa Blanca this weekend, the national geographical institute has just revealed.
The epicentre was in the sea just off the coast of Pilar de la Horadada in the province of Alicante, close to the border with the region of Murcia, at exactly 12.16hrs midday.
But as it only measured 1.2 on the Richter scale, it did not cause any damage and very few people would have felt it.
Emergency services and the Local Police did not have to intervene.
The south of Alicante, Murcia and eastern Andalucía sit on fault lines, but earthquakes are rarely more than 2 or 3 on the Richter scale, which causes very minor damage if any, such as the odd ornament falling off a shelf or an occasional crack in a window.
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