A mini earthquake has been felt across parts of southern Alicante after a magnitude 1.8 tremor struck near Torrevieja early on Tuesday morning.

The earthquake was recorded at 7.09am, with its epicentre located beneath Torrevieja’s famous salt lagoon at a depth of around 5km.

Although the tremor was felt lightly across much of the Vega Baja region, there have been no reports of injuries or damage to property.

Residents quickly took to social media to compare experiences, with dozens saying they had felt the brief jolt.

In one Torrevieja community Facebook group, several Brits reported windows rattling and pets reacting to the tremor.

One resident in San Luis wrote: ‘Windows rattled, the cat freaked out,’ while others from El Chaparral and La Siesta confirmed they had also felt the shaking at around 7.10am.

It comes just over 24 hours after another small earthquake was recorded elsewhere in Alicante province.

That earlier tremor, measuring magnitude 1.9, struck at 1.40am on Monday near the Les Aguiles urbanisation in Elche, also at a depth of approximately five kilometres.

Small earthquakes of this size are relatively common in southeastern Spain, which sits in one of the country’s most seismically active regions due to the interaction between the African and Eurasian tectonic plates.

Experts say tremors below magnitude 2 are rarely strong enough to cause damage, although they can often be felt by residents living close to the epicentre, particularly during the early hours when background noise is minimal.