Terremoto

Had just snuggled down for the night when I felt a series of judders. Huummmmm me thinks, has my diet changed? Nope! Didn't give it any more thought and drifted back to my dreams. Scanning through the news in the morning I discovered that there had been a minor earthquake just up the road. I'm going to build a shelter next week.....just in case. Have another earthquake to deal with this evening, los reyos magos will be in town chucking gazillions of sweets to all and sundry. Where is my hard hat?

Factoid: A small earthquake registering 3.8 on the Richter scale struck parts of Malaga and Granada early this morning. There was no serious damage or injuries, but nearly two hundred people called the emergency services. The epicentre of the quake was in Santa Fe to the west of Granada. Hundreds felt the tremor in Granada, and the town of Armilla, Loja, Santa Fe, La Zubia, Ogíjares, Cijuela and the city of Malaga and some parts of Murcia. Residents in Santa Fe said they felt "nervous and worried" but were reassured by police. It is the strongest quake to hit this part of Spain for the past three years. The region is no stranger to seismic shocks. Spain’s National Geographic Institute states Granada experiences an average of three earthquakes each day, although most of these are not strong enough to be noticeable. In 1884, an earthquake tore through the town of Alhama de Granada destroying 5,000 homes and leaving 800 people dead. The disaster, which created Alhama’s dramatic gorge, is thought to have been the worst of its kind in Spain’s history.