LORCA, Spain (AFP) – Army and emergency workers pitched tents and handed out food to thousands of evacuees on Thursday after a killer 5.1-magnitude quake smashed through an historic Spanish city. Nine people, including a child, perished when Spain's deadliest quake in more than 50 years rocked the southeastern city of Lorca on Wednesday, the regional government of Murcia said. The toll moved higher because one of the injured had died, said a spokesman for the Murcia health services. The earthquake struck at 6:47 pm (1647 GMT) Wednesday at a depth of just 10 kilometres (six miles), coming nearly two hours after a smaller 4.4-magnitude quake. Flattening some buildings,…
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