Earthquake felt in Torrevieja on Monday evening

An earthquake of 1.4 magnitude on the Richter scale was registered yesterday at 10:40 p.m. in Torrevieja

An earthquake of 1.4 magnitude on the Richter scale was reported on Monday evening at 10:40 p.m. in the municipality of Torrevieja, in the Alicante Province.

The epicenter of the earthquake was located to the north of the urban area, in the southern quarter of the La Mata lagoon, at a depth of 10 km.

The tremor, although it has was slight, was relatively noisy and was heard by the local population of Torrevieja.

There are frequently minor tremors in this area, although it is unusual for the epicentre to be inland, as most of the tremors relating to Torrevieja are offshore.