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Witness location : Torrevieja (Spain) (1 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 44 min

Picture fell of wall,  voilent shudder and rattling of lights and glasses for about 2/3 seconds

Witness location : Torrevieja (Spain) (3 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 199 min

Woke me up at 5.45 the windows were shaking quite unsettling

Witness location : Torrevieja (Spain) (3 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 55 min

Loud, shaking, tought that the roof was about to fall, i live on the 5 floor, usually i dont wake up to anything

Witness location : Los Montesinos (Spain) (4 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 268 min

Continuos shaking for 20 seconds, knocked a drink off bedside table.

Witness location : Los Montesinos (Spain) (4 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 330 min

Detached house and wardrobes shuck. Woken up and continued for approx 5-10 secs

Witness location : Orihuela (Spain) (6 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

Woke everyone in the house up and scared the kids.

Witness location : Guardamar del Segura (Spain) (7 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 150 min

Woke us up, totally scared one cat, other just wanted breakfast!

Witness location : Orihuela (Spain) (7 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 267 min

The 'rumbling vibration' lasted for approximately 4 seconds, wakening me from sleep.

Witness location : Orihuela (Spain) (9 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 129 min

Slight shaking but mainly strange rumbling for a few seconds. It was as if a big lorry was going through the house.

Witness location : Rojales (Spain) (9 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 205 min

We were in bed, 5.45am our time and it was enough to wake us both up.

Witness location : Rojales (Spain) (10 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 569 min

Not really in bed, then heard a noise with a items shaking around for a split second.

Witness location : Rojales (Spain) (10 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 69861 min

Only a slight quake 18.01

Witness location : Orihuela (Spain) (10 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 56 min

Train sound for a short time and made the bed shake (3 story town house 150 m from the sea) both awake just befor and talked about it around 5.44am  local time
 (just found your site to verify many thanks a Brit living in the sun)

Witness location : Algorfa (Spain) (10 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 282 min

Loud rumbling noice, trembling doors and windows, golfball rolled off cupboard, felt like truck droging through adjacent room. What to do: stat in bed or leave the house? Bit frightening.

Witness location : Guardamar del Segura (Spain) (11 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 122 min

Third and worse tremor I have experienced in Guardamar in 9yrs. This one, as previous comment, was accompanied by noise, loud rumbling and shaking of the house. Also felt two very slight tremors a few minutes later.

Witness location : Algorfa (Spain) (12 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 221 min

The bed starting shaking and the wardrobes rattling. You could feel the rumble. It was very frightening.

Witness location : Pilar de la Horadada (Spain) (14 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5009 min

There was a tremendous bang which woke me up, next my bed was shaking. Immediately I got up and ran for a safer place. I knew it was an earthquake. I was really scared 'cause I live next to the beach. I thought it might be a tsunami. Fortunately, it wasn't so bad.

Witness location : Pilar de la Horadada (Spain) (15 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 250 min

Very weird woke me up... Little scary

Witness location : San Fulgencio (Spain) (16 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 346 min

No positive comments but for a 3.5 and the shaking it was a powerful one. God help us if it was further underground because of the energy

Witness location : San Javier (Spain) (29 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 289 min

We felt and heard 3 extremely loud bangs. It wasn't anything falling over. It was the actual house making the noise itself.