Magnitude 5 quake strikes Spain, 73 km west of Albacete - USGS


  • World
  • Tuesday, 24 Feb 2015

MADRID (Reuters) - A magnitude 5 earthquake shook central and eastern Spain on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The quake's epicentre was close to the town of Ossa de Montiel, 170 km (105 miles) south of Madrid, at a depth of about 15 km, according to Spain's National Institute of Seismology. It gave a magnitude of 5.2 for the earthquake.

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