A rare earthquake rocked the ancient town of Lorca in southeastern Spain on Wednesday causing homes to collapse, damaging historic churches and killing at least 10 people.
The 5.3 magnitude earthquake sent tremors through the popular tourist region of Murcia.
Part of the front of a badly damaged church in the small town collapsed hours after the quake, narrowly missing a television reporter filing a live report.
"The population is scared and are very afraid to return to their homes. The whole of the center of Lorca has been seriously damaged," Rafael Gonzalez Tovar, delegate from the central government in Murcia Rafael, told national radio.
"There are thousands of very disorientated people."
Television images showed shaken families and children gathering in a square in the town, seeking safety from fallen buildings as masonry and rubble blanketed the streets.
Reuters
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