Costa del Sol records magnitude 3 earthquake

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It happened in Benalmádena early on Monday morning

Isabel Méndez

Malaga

The Malaga coast registered an earthquake early on Monday morning. The magnitude 3 tremor occurred in the municipality of Benalmádena, according to data from the National Geographic Institute (IGN).

It happened at 6.06am, at a depth of 64 kilometres.

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This is the second significant earthquake in the province of Malaga in recent days, following the tremor last Friday in Alhaurín de la Torre. IGN recorded it at 9.32pm, at a depth of 47 kilometres. It had a magnitude of 1.7.

There have been no reported injuries following the two incidents.