Spain’s Earthquake
On the 11th of May, a 5.2 earthquake hit the ancient city of Lorca on the southeastern coast of Spain. It was Spain’s deadliest earthquake in over 50 years and has killed at least 9 people, injured 130 and left more than 300 homeless.
The epicenter was only 1 km deep and as it was so shallow, the shaking was quite violent which caused damage to nearly all the buildings in town. The day after the earthquake some residents where allowed back into their properties to salvage their belongings.
As with our own earthquake, many families left the city to go to neighboring towns to stay with family or friends and schools, restaurants and shops were closed.
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