Did the earth move for you last night? (There was an earthquake!)

Jimena slept right through it

At 4.11 am and at 4.8 on the Richter scale

ANDALUCÍA / Jimena From what we gathered this morning, not many people felt it the earthquake that took place some 46 kilometres underground. The epicentre was located northeast of Jimena de la Frontera and was felt as far away as Cádiz, Málaga and Sevilla, though there are no reports of damage. Residents of Arriate, Manilva and Estepona, all in Málaga province, as well as in La Línea de la Concepción, did report feeling the earth 'move'. The 112 emergency number registered some ten calls on the subject. The media in Andalucía had full reports, to which the vast majority of Jimena residents, including Prospero, woke this morning to hear about it.

Earthquake in Southern Spain

MURCIA At least seven people have died in a double earthquake in the Murcia region. The first tremor, 4.4 on the Richter scale came about at approximately 5pm, followed by a stronger one, 5.3 two hours later. The epicentres of both were placed in the town of Lorca, 55 kilometers from the regional capital. Several buildings, including a XVII century chgurch, have been severely damaged. Damage assessment is ongoing, as is a building to building search for any more victms. The Government has ordered the Army Emergency units to the area.

Spaniard among the dead in Christchurch earthquake

NEW ZEALAND (Agencies) A Spanish newspaper, El País, reported in its morning edition that that there was a Spaniard among the victims of the Earthquake in Christchurch, a fact that was confirmed later by New Zealand authorities and by the Spanish Foreign Ministry, which added that consular staff were dealing with the problem and the family has been told. New Zealand authorities stated that the man had been in the Canterbury Television building (photo) when the earthquake hit. The newspaper reported, too, that there were another 17 Spanish residents registered in Christchurch and none of them had been heard from since the tremor that devastated the city. Spanish authorities say they doubt the 17 were still living there, as it often happens that people do not de-register when they move.

Earthquake shatters Haiti: worst in 200 years

(Photo: EFE/Radioteleginenhaiti.com) If you haven't been on another planet this morning, you will have heard about it. The poorest country on the American continent and one of the poorest in the world has been devastated by an earthquake, 7.0 on the Richter scale. Thousands are dead and there is as yet no firm number of injured. Spanish NGOs have already sent advance contingents to help in rescue operations; local aid organizations can't operate as most buildings in the capital Port au Prince are rubble. One quote: "If the President's mansion is destroyed, what could have happened to the adobe shacks?" See more photos on RTVE and about Haiti on Wikipedia). Prospero comment:>