Earthquake causes alarm in Alicante and Murcia
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By m.p. - Mar 2, 2008 - 12:16 PM
It registered 3.3 on the Richter scale with the epicentre southwest of San Miguel de Salinas

The Generalitat de Valencia has confirmed that an earthquake with its epicentre to the southwest of San Miguel de Salinas, Alicante province, in the early hours of Sunday registered 3.3 on the Richter scale. It took place at 5.03 am and was also felt in Pilar de la Horadada and Torrevieja, and in the neighbouring Murcia province, in San Pedro del Pinatar and San Javier.

EFE notes 37 calls to the 112 emergency number, and a further 30 or so made to local police in Pilar de la Horadada. There were no personal injuries reported, and little material damage.

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