earthquake in southeastern Spain in Murcia dead leaves At least ten died in landslides caused by earthquake of magnitude 5.1, Lorca is the hardest hit city
Share: An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale that followed of a 4.5 left at least ten dead on Wednesday in the town of Lorca in the Autonomous Community of Murcia (southeast Spain), where he directed members of the Emergency Military Unit - created to meet situations of natural disasters.
About 10 000 were displaced, according to the government, and there are dozens injured. "We confirm ten killed by the earthquake," said the government in a post on the microblogging site Twitter.
"In all parts of the city were damaged," Lorca said the mayor, Francisco Jodar, the English public television network. Public television showed footage of rubble in the streets, including part of the dome of the Shrine Virgen de las Huertas, the city's patron, and two other churches.
According to police sources, the possibility of more victims being found. Residents of Lorca reported that the situation is "panic", with thousands in the streets not knowing what to do after being surprised by the quakes. A spokesman for the city said the headquarters of the municipal administration has been emptied. According to Councilwoman
Security, María Pérez Bethlehem, the situation is "extreme" unprecedented. Residents flocked to parks to get away from buildings. According to witnesses, "the downtown streets are deserted, with empty cars, many of them buried by rubble." The main hospital had to be emptied.
"Suddenly the ground started shaking, my mom came screaming to be underneath the gates," said Emilio, the city of Murcia, television English public. "The whole center of Lorca was shot," he added also to public radio the government delegate in Murcia, Rafael González Tovar. I'm "scared to death, this is like a movie," says Virtue, a medical Lorca, the website of El Pais "We expect the aftershocks," he said.
According to the English Interior Ministry, the strongest quake, whose epicenter was in the Sierra de Tercia, 4 km from Lorca, was felt in several towns in the region, as the capital Murcia, Mazarrón, Aguilas and Cartagena.
The earthquake also caused damages in the town of Totana, as well as in the neighboring province of Albacete, the most 200 km to the north and in the cities of Almeria, Granada, Jaen, Malaga and Sevilla (Andalucia, south). The tremor was felt even in the English capital, although no damage reported.
The earthquake struck at 18h47 local (13h47 GMT), just two hours after a small earthquake of 4.5 magnitude hit the same place, at 15.05 (10.05 GMT), according to the seismological service English. According to the U.S. Geological Agency, the earthquake of 5.3 occurred just 1 km deep.
According to English newspaper El Pais, the tunnel toward the region of Andalusia slumping. The Corps Emergency hospital was mobilized and Rafael Mendez, Lorca was partially achieved. In Lorca
there were decreases in at least two buildings in one street and another in the Galicia area of \u200b\u200bViña neighborhood. One of the dead lived in the neighborhood of San Cristóbal. Neighbors remain outside their homes on the street for fear of further collapses.
According to the mayor of the municipality Jódar Francisco, local authorities have activated their Emergency Plan Municipal de Murcia while the government set in motion the level of an Emergency Plan.
* With AFP, Reuters and El Pais information
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