The Marina Alta shakes

TWO earthquakes shook the Marina Alta district within a quarter of an hour of each other on Sunday night.

The first registered 2 degrees on the Richter scale and was felt by residents in Benissa, Teulada and Calpe at 9.45pm. The epicentre was located between Cala Llobella and Cala Baladar on Benissa coast, near the CV-746 road.

“I thought a bomb had gone off and my house shook,” said one Calpe resident, although the three-second tremor did not reportedly cause any injuries or damage to property.

The second earthquake, registered just 17 minutes later, was located south of Benitachell and registered 1.6 on the Richter scale, again with no noteworthy consequences.