BREAKING: Spain struck by MAJOR EARTHQUAKE measuring 6.1 on Richter scale

TOURIST hotspot Malaga has been hit by a major earthquake after a 6.1 magnitude tremor struck in the middle of the sea.

The earthquake hit 100 miles off the Spanish coast

It hit about 100 miles south-east of the Spanish coast with a depth of 20 miles, the US Geological Survey said.
But the reverberations would have been felt inland in Spain and Morocco, according to official charts.

The shallow quake hit at 4:22am UK time almost 40 miles north of the Moroccan city of Al Hoceima and 100 miles south of Gibraltar.

It was followed by a 5.3-magnitude tremor.
Initial USGS reports suggest there was "a low likelihood of casualties and damage".

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