Earthquake off coast of Galicia

Earthquake off coast of Galicia
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By m.p. - Apr 23, 2006 - 10:48 PM

The coast of Galicia, which was hit by an earthquake on Sunday morning. Photo - EFE.

It registered 5 on the Richter scale and caused no injuries or material damage

There has been an earthquake off the coast of Galicia.
Registering 5 on the Richter scale, the ‘quake on Sunday morning was 61 kilometres off A Coruña, and was felt in Ferrol, Cedeira, Boiro, Santiago de Compostela and in Galicia itself.

It was preceded by two smaller earthquakes of 3.3 and 3.1.
Locals said the earthquake was very short but very intense. One man in Camariñas told Radio Galega that ‘it was like thunder. It moved the table and the bed.’

The earthquake, which is the biggest to ever hit the area, caused no injuries or material damage.

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