An early-morning earthquake has shaken towns across Almeria province.
The quake measured 3.4 on the Richter scale and caused tremors to be felt in Mojacar, Vera and Garrucha.
According to the National Geographic Institute (IGN), it struck at 5.31am with its epicentre northwest of Los Gallardos.
The institute listed its depth as 0km, indicating a very shallow event.
The strongest reported shaking reached intensity IV on the European Macroseismic Scale in Arboleas, Venta Mateo and El Sacristan, in Lubrin.
Intensity measures the effects of an earthquake at a particular location, rather than the energy released.
Shaking reached intensity III–IV in Aljambra, in Albox, as well as Cuevas del Almanzora, Overa, Fines and Palomares.
The tremor woke residents across the Levante, Almanzora and Filabres-Alhamilla areas, with weaker shaking reported in more than 30 towns and neighbourhoods.
Other locations where it was felt included Antas, Bedar, Cantoria, Carboneras’ El Llano de Don Antonio, Lijar, Olula del Rio, Purchena, Senes, Seron, Sorbas, Turre and Zurgena.
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