2011 Lorca earthquake
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Key facts
- Utc time
- 2011-05-11 16:47:25
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- ComCat
- Local date
- 11 May 2011
- Local time
- 18:47:26 CEST ( UTC+02:00 )
- Duration
- roughly 5 to 10 seconds
- Magnitude
- 5.1 Moment mag. scale</span>"}]]}'>M w
- Depth
- 1km 1.0 km (0.62 mi)
- Type
- Oblique-Slip Fault
- Areas affected
- Spain
- Total damage
- ~$1.5 Billions of US Dollars
- Maximum span max intensity
- MMI VIII ( Severe )
- Peak acceleration
- 0.367 g
- Tsunami
- none
- Landslides
- none
- Foreshocks
- 1 (4.5 'Local' mag. scale</span>"}]]}'>M L )
- Casualties
- 9 dead, 403 injured
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- earthquake
- Country
- Spain
- Located in
- Lorca
- Image
- Lorca earthquake.jpg
- Number of deaths
- 9
- Number of injured
- 293
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- Commons category
- 2011 Lorca earthquake
- point in time
- 2011-05-11
- vertical depth
- 1
- earthquake magnitude on the moment magnitude scale
- 5.1
- aftershocks
- 131
- earthquake magnitude on the Richter magnitude scale
- 5.1
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Encyclopedic overview
The 2011 Lorca earthquake (Spanish: Terremoto de Lorca de 2011) was a moderate 5.1 Mw earthquake that occurred 18:47 CEST (16:47 UTC) on 11 May 2011, near the town of Lorca, causing significant localized damage in the Region of Murcia, Spain, and panic among locals, and displacing many from their homes. The quake was preceded by a magnitude 4.4 (Mw) foreshock at 17:05 (15:05 UTC), that inflicted substantial damage to many older structures in the area, including the historical Espolón Tower of Lorca Castle, the Hermitage of San Clemente and the Convent of Virgen de Las Huertas. Three people were killed by a falling cornice. A total of nine deaths have been confirmed, while dozens are reported injured. The earthquake was the worst to hit the region since a 5.0 Mw tremor struck west of Albolote, Granada in 1956.
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “2011 Lorca earthquake” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.