Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Spain Shakes x2

Each year there are hundreds of earthquakes in Spain, though none of them tend to be felt. Today however two earthquakes hit southeast Spain today, with a magnitude of 4.5 and 5.1, these quakes were not only felt, but they demolished certain buildings. Eight people have been killed as a result of this, and forty have been taken to the hospital. As a precaution for addition tremors, thousands of peole have been relocated to emergency shelters In addition to this 350 troops have been sent to help local rescue teams search for those injured.
-Em

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