COSTA BLANCA has been rocked by an earthquake, with tourists and locals left terrified from the tremors.
Residents as well as Brits staying in Torrevieja describe being “almost thrown out of bed” when the tremors hit after midnight.
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A British ex-pat living in the Los Balcones resort described his experience of waking up to the terrifying quake.
He said on social media: “‘It was something else. The whole house was shaking. I couldn’t go back to sleep as I thought there was more to come.
“This was the strongest and loudest I’ve experienced yet.”
Meanwhile another person residing in the area told the Spanish Eye that the tremor was the “strongest quake I have ever felt in my life”.
The epicentre was a mere five kilometres from the popular tourist destination and was registered at a magnitude of 3, according to the Instituto Geografico Nacional.
Various quakes were also registered off the coast of Barcelona, just north of the Balearic islands, shortly after.
Another local said on X that while he is “used to these types of events,” the scary quake last night made “a very loud noise, as if rocks had been breaking deep underground”.
He added: “We were probably very close to the epicentre.”
One social media user described how their “whole house shook,” while another said they were “terrified”.
Another said: “In Orihuela Costa there was a lot of noise and vibrations.”
Just days ago the UK Foreign Office issued updated travel advice for Brits travelling to Lanzarote after the Spanish holiday hotspot was hit by torrential rain and intense flash floods.
The powerful storm triggered a widespread panic with cars swept away and a state of emergency imposed.
A deluge of rainfall descended onto the island on Saturday afternoon, with flights cancelled.
The Lanzarote Safety and Emergency Consortium recorded high figures of rainfall throughout the island.
97.5 litres of water fell per square meter on the Costa Teguise golf course.
In Tahíche – one of the hardest hit by the storm towns – more than 100 litres of water per square meter were accumulated.
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