A rare earthquake rocked an ancient town in southeastern Spain on Wednesday causing houses to collapse damaging historic churches and public buildings and killing at least 10 people, Reuters reported. Some reports said that the 5.3 magnitude earthquake sent tremors through the popular touristic region of Murcia and had affected a nursing home and the tower of an important church in the town of Lorca which is dependent on farming. The population is scared and are very afraid to return to their homes. The whole of the centre of Lorca has been seriously damaged, A delegate from the central government in Murcia told national radio. There are thousands of very disorientated people.
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