{"id":72173,"date":"2026-08-18T15:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T15:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/72173\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T15:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T15:08:11","slug":"video-four-earthquakes-hit-southern-spain-as-4-8-magnitude-tremor-injures-three-and-damages-buildings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/72173\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Four earthquakes hit southern Spain as 4.8 magnitude tremor injures three and damages buildings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"\">Four new earthquakes measuring up to 4.8 magnitude have struck Granada and its surrounding area, with tremors felt across neighbouring Malaga province.<\/p>\n<p style=\"\">The Regional  &#8230; Government of Andaluc\u00eda confirmed three people sustained minor injuries in Granada, including a teenager who was taken to hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"v-a-lnk\" href=\"http:\/\/www.surinenglish.com\/andalucia\/earthquakes-measuring-richter-20260818113344-nt.html#vtm_modulosEngag=noticiasrelacionadas-cmp-uno:surinenglish:noticia:1\" data-voc-vtm-id=\"in-text-traffic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/terremoto-otra-U201737108480faD--366x256@Diario Sur.jpg\" class=\"v-a-img\" width=\"258\" height=\"180\" alt=\"Granada hit by magnitude 4.6 earthquake also felt in Malaga\"\/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"v-d-p\" style=\"\">The first and strongest quake &#8211; a magnitude 4.8 tremor at a depth of five kilometres &#8211; hit at 10:35 am with its epicentre in G\u00f3jar, near Alhend\u00edn. The National Geographic Institute (IGN) confirmed it was the strongest tremor recorded since seismic activity began in the area on August 15.<\/p>\n<p class=\"v-d-p\" style=\"\">Three further quakes followed shortly after:<\/p>\n<p class=\"v-d-p\" style=\"\">\u2022 10:53 am: A magnitude 3.9 tremor centred in Churriana de la Vega.<\/p>\n<p class=\"v-d-p\" style=\"\">\u2022 11:34 am: A magnitude 4.3 quake centred in Alhend\u00edn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"v-d-p\" style=\"\">\u2022 12:39 pm: A magnitude 4.2 tremor, also in Alhend\u00edn, at a depth of five kilometres.<\/p>\n<p>\nEvacuations and emergency respons\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"v-d-p\" style=\"\">The tremors forced a temporary evacuation and suspension of visits at the Nasrid Palaces and the Alcazaba within Granada&#8217;s world-famous Alhambra complex, though tours at the Generalife continued as normal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"v-d-p\" style=\"\">Granada Mayor Marifr\u00e1n Carazo confirmed municipal emergency teams have been deployed across the city to inspect buildings and homes for structural damage.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"v-a-lnk\" href=\"http:\/\/www.surinenglish.com\/malaga\/malaga-city\/malaga-specific-plan-20260818124915-nt.html#vtm_modulosEngag=noticiasrelacionadas-cmp-uno:surinenglish:noticia:1\" data-voc-vtm-id=\"in-text-traffic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1496190118-REEoEPN00MwuuzfPpnp6JqJ-366x256Diario Sur_20260818130021-U30165365034NMf-620x434@Diario S.gif\" class=\"v-a-img\" width=\"258\" height=\"180\" alt=\"Which parts of Malaga city could suffer the most damage during an earthquake?\"\/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"v-d-p\" style=\"\">Regional Vice President Antonio Sanz announced that the Andalusian Emergency Plan remains at operational level 1, with an emergency advisory committee convened to assess the ongoing risk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"v-d-p\" style=\"\">While centered in Granada, the quakes were felt widely across southern Spain, including Almer\u00eda, Ja\u00e9n, and coastal towns in Malaga such as Rinc\u00f3n de la Victoria, Torre del Mar, Torrox, and Nerja.<\/p>\n<p class=\"v-d-p\" style=\"\">Emergency service 112 advised residents to remain calm, seek shelter under sturdy furniture during tremors, avoid elevators during evacuations, and reserve emergency lines strictly for serious casualties or structural damage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Four new earthquakes measuring up to 4.8 magnitude have struck Granada and its surrounding area, with tremors felt&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72174,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1108,18542,20850,27976,27977,9416,12331,3243,2457,27973,21145,27974,27975,17,582,782,5104,778],"class_list":["post-72173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-spain","tag-again","tag-been","tag-earthquakes","tag-epicentre","tag-felt","tag-four","tag-granada","tag-have","tag-malaga","tag-measuring","tag-once","tag-richter","tag-scale","tag-spain","tag-the","tag-their","tag-up","tag-with"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72173","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=72173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}