8 Jan, 2019 @ 17:03
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Earthquake rocks residents in Spain’s Andalucia

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AN earthquake has rocked residents in southern Spain. 

Measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale, the tremor prompted numerous calls to the 112 Andalucia Emergency Services across Cadiz and Sevilla yesterday afternoon.

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The calls came after, according to the National Geographic Institute, the quake struck in Cadiz, with the epicentre having since been traced to Puerto Serrano.

No personal or material damage has been reported.

The earthquake occurred at 4:15pm at a depth of two kilometres.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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