Thousands of people spent the night outdoors in the south-eastern Spanish city of Lorca in fear of further tremors after Spain’s worst earthquakes in 50 years killed eight people and injured dozens. People draped in blankets to protect them from the morning cold queued up for hot drinks handed out by voluntary workers at the five makeshift camps in parks and a trade show center set up in the small city of Lorca that was hit by the two quakes – with magnitudes of 4.4 and 5.2 – a day earlier. A Murcia regional government statement said eight people, including one child, had died in the quakes which seriously damaged many buildings and crushed vehicles. A…
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