{"id":70957,"date":"2026-08-15T16:38:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T16:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/70957\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T16:38:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T16:38:42","slug":"spain-a-5-0-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-granada-without-causing-casualties-or-serious-structural-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/70957\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain: A 5.0-magnitude earthquake strikes Granada without causing casualties or serious structural damage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/67d812cab51f8.jpeg\" alt=\"Carlos Dominguez\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" data-full-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/67d812cab51f8.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\">Granada awoke this Saturday in a state of shock after a 5.0-magnitude earthquake shook the city in the early hours of the morning. The quake, unusual for its intensity, was recorded shortly after 1 a.m. (local time), with its epicenter in the town of Alhend\u00edn, about 6 miles (10 km) south of the city of Granada, according to the National Geographic Institute (IGN).<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"#\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" alt=\"Se observan casas da\u00f1adas tras un terremoto de magnitud 7.7 en Ruteng, Manggarai, Nusa Tenggara Oriental, el 15 de agosto de 2026.\" src=\"https:\/\/imagenes.voz.us\/files\/related_image\/uploads\/2026\/08\/15\/6a7fb9c0a5a5e.jpeg\" data-full-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6a7fb9c0a5a5e.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-detail__sumario__signature\">\n<p>                Andr\u00e9s Ignacio Henr\u00edquez\n            <\/p>\n<p>    No casualties and limited damage<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\">The mayor of Granada, Marifr\u00e1n Carazo, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/marifrangr\/status\/2088433236670087654\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">reported <\/a>on X that no casualties or serious, widespread structural damage have been reported. &#8220;We are assessing isolated instances of damage, particularly in vulnerable buildings,&#8221; she wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\">Images released by Spanish media showed debris in the streets of Granada and vehicles with broken windows.<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"#\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" alt=\"Rescatistas buscan supervivientes en un edificio derrumbado tras el terremoto en Pereira, Colombia\" src=\"https:\/\/imagenes.voz.us\/files\/related_image\/uploads\/2026\/08\/10\/6a7a28f543bbc.jpeg\" data-full-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6a7a28f543bbc.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>    More than 200 emergency calls<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\">According to AFP, emergency services in Andalusia received more than 200 calls from various parts of the region, including Seville, C\u00f3rdoba and several municipalities on the Costa del Sol. In a statement, they indicated that there had been cracks, falling cornices, debris and collapsed walls, as well as damage to some buildings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\">They advised the public to remain calm, stay away from building facades, balconies, and any structures that might collapse as well as\u00a0unnecessarily entering or leaving buildings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\">Low-intensity tremors are not uncommon in Andalusia, Spain&#8217;s most populous region, but they rarely reach magnitude 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Granada awoke this Saturday in a state of shock after a 5.0-magnitude earthquake shook the city in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70958,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[7426,12331,27743,17],"class_list":["post-70957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-spain","tag-earthquake","tag-granada","tag-seismic-event","tag-spain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}