6 Sep, 2024 @ 12:05
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Earthquake in Spain’s Valencia causes house to collapse and rattles parts of Alicante

A HOUSE has collapsed in Valencia following a small earthquake in the region.

The mini quake, registering 2.7 on the Richter scale, struck in Alfafara, in the south of the region at around 6.40pm on Wednesday.

READ MORE: Earthquake on the coast of southern Spain rattles a dozen towns

The tremors were felt most strongly in L’Alcoia and Comtat, but caused rumbles in a dozen other towns.

It was reported today that the earthquake caused the inside of a house on Calle Maians in Ontinyent, Valencia, to collapse.

Luckily the property was not inhabited at the time.

The 112 emergency hotline received multiple calls in the immediate aftermath of the mini quake.

Towns that reported feeling the tremors include: Agres, Ibi, Agullent, Albaida, Ontinyent, Alcoy, Alfafara, Algars, Adzaneta, Muro de Alcoy, Aielo de Malferit, Banyeres, Benissoda, Bocairent, Cocentaina, Montaverner and Villena.

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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