20 Apr, 2020 @ 16:19
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Earthquake rattles Spain’s Costa del Sol

Earthquake

AN earthquake shook the Costa del Sol on Sunday evening measuring 3.5 of the Richter scale. 

The National Geographic Institute recorded the epicentre just off the coast of Fuengirola.

Earthquake

It was recorded as being 54km deep and is said to have caused noticeable shaking in the centre of Fuengirola.

The quake took place at 7.54pm and there were no personal or material damages reported.

It was the most intense seismic movement recorded in the whole of Spain last week.

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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