Popular holiday destination for British tourists Gran Canaria has experienced its strongest earthquake in 60 years.
The Earthquake hit the Spanish island on Tuesday evening and measured 3.8 on the Richter scale with the shaking felt in 14 of the Canary island's 21 municipalities.There have been no immediate reports of any casualties or structural damage.The tremor was initially recorded as measuring 4.1, before being revised while its epicentre was Santa Maria de Guia in the north of the island.Read more: Huge 7.
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