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COSTA BLANCA has been rocked by an earthquake, with tourists and locals left terrified from the tremors.
Residents as well as Brits staying in Torrevieja describe being “almost thrown out of bed” when the tremors hit after midnight.
GettyA British ex-pat living in the Los Balcones resort described his experience of waking up to the terrifying quake.
He said on social media: “‘It was something else. The whole house was shaking. I couldn’t go back to sleep as I thought there was more to come.
“This was the strongest and loudest I’ve experienced yet.”
Meanwhile another person residing in the area told the Spanish Eye that the tremor was the “strongest quake I have ever felt in my life”.
The epicentre was a mere five kilometres from the popular tourist destination and was registered at a magnitude of 3, according to the Instituto Geografico Nacional.
Various quakes were also registered off the coast of Barcelona, just north of the Balearic islands, shortly after.
Another local said on X that while he is “used to these types of events,” the scary quake last night made “a very loud noise, as if rocks had been breaking deep underground”.
He added: “We were probably very close to the epicentre.”
One social media user described how their “whole house shook,” while another said they were “terrified”.
Another said: “In Orihuela Costa there was a lot of noise and vibrations.”
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