Would be at least ten people and wounded dozens in the budget of the earthquake that shook the afternoon Región de Murcia. One of the autonomous communities with the highest seismic risk in Spain. According to government spokesman, Miguel Ángel Pérez, among the victims - because of the collapse of a building in the district of Las Viñas - there would also be a minor.
Two shocks with its epicenter in the Sierra de Tercia, Lorca, between five and ten kilometers northeast of the city center. Damage in the neighboring town of Totana. The first quake, of 4.5 degrees was felt at around 17.30, the second - of 5.1 degrees - nearly two hours later. Citizens are now poured into the streets and some witnesses told the Spanish daily number of scenes of panic.
The earthquake was felt in several cities: fear in the capital, Murcia, but also in Mazarrón, Aguilas and Cartagena. The tremors were also felt in the provinces of Almeria and Albacete, and even in the Spanish capital, Madrid, in the areas of the Plaza de Castilla and Vallecas. Dozens of health and hospital patients were also injured citizen, who has been evacuated.
The wounded were transferred into the structures of Murcia, Cartagena y Cieza. Transferred to the elderly in a nursing home of Lorca, where the roof came down because of the earthquake. Several historic buildings have been damaged, including the ancient church of San Francisco, San Diego and La Torre del Castillo.
The earthquake has also caused deep cracks in some roads and phone lines are overloaded, making it difficult to communicate. Already on March 12 in the area of Lorca had been a quake of 2.8 degrees, but the last of a similar magnitude to that of today occurred in 2005. The mayor, Francisco Jodar, has declared a state of emergency, while the prime minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, has decided to send 150 soldiers of the army with the task to look for possible victims.
The Foreign Ministry is meanwhile verifying the presence of Italian citizens, but at the Embassy in Madrid are not nationals involved. 
Two shocks with its epicenter in the Sierra de Tercia, Lorca, between five and ten kilometers northeast of the city center. Damage in the neighboring town of Totana. The first quake, of 4.5 degrees was felt at around 17.30, the second - of 5.1 degrees - nearly two hours later. Citizens are now poured into the streets and some witnesses told the Spanish daily number of scenes of panic.
The earthquake was felt in several cities: fear in the capital, Murcia, but also in Mazarrón, Aguilas and Cartagena. The tremors were also felt in the provinces of Almeria and Albacete, and even in the Spanish capital, Madrid, in the areas of the Plaza de Castilla and Vallecas. Dozens of health and hospital patients were also injured citizen, who has been evacuated.
The wounded were transferred into the structures of Murcia, Cartagena y Cieza. Transferred to the elderly in a nursing home of Lorca, where the roof came down because of the earthquake. Several historic buildings have been damaged, including the ancient church of San Francisco, San Diego and La Torre del Castillo.
The earthquake has also caused deep cracks in some roads and phone lines are overloaded, making it difficult to communicate. Already on March 12 in the area of Lorca had been a quake of 2.8 degrees, but the last of a similar magnitude to that of today occurred in 2005. The mayor, Francisco Jodar, has declared a state of emergency, while the prime minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, has decided to send 150 soldiers of the army with the task to look for possible victims.
The Foreign Ministry is meanwhile verifying the presence of Italian citizens, but at the Embassy in Madrid are not nationals involved.
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