Centred at a very shallow depth of 1 km (0.6 mi) near the town of Lorca, it occurred at 18:47 CEST (16:47 UTC) on 11 May 2011, causing panic among locals and displacing many from their homes.
Alcoy, Spain (Alcoi in Valencian), city in the province of Alicante, Spain
Alejandro Cercas Alonso (born 25 May 1949, Cáceres) is a Spanish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, part of the Party of European Socialists.
They continued to be made until the beginning of the 2000s at the Ávila plant in Spain.
Alfonso Escámez (1 January 1916 – 16 May 2010) was a Spanish banker.
In 1901, he became Music Director to the Sevilla Regiment 33 in Cartagena.
Almonte, Spain, a town and municipality in Huelva province, Spain
Antonio Castillo Lastrucci (February 27, 1882 - November 29, 1967) was a Spanish sculptor, focused in religious works.
J. B. Bury states that it "comprised districts and towns to the west as well as to the east of the Straits of Gades" and included the cities of New Carthage (Cartagena), Corduba (Córdoba), and Assionia.
There he took Cuenca (3 July 1808) and fought in several other skirmishes which brought him the rank of général de division (general of division) and the command of all dragoon regiments in Spain.
Axlor is a prehistoric archeological site in the village of Dima in Biscay in the Autonomous Basque Community of Spain, dating from the Middle Paleolithic or Mousterian period.
The Museo Baltasar Lobo (museum) is in the city of Zamora, Spain near his birthplace.
At Cáceres, Bandua is qualified by Araugelensis, at Curbián by Bolleco(m), at Miguel o Anjo by Brico(m), at Mixo(m) by Calaigus, at La Mezquitilla by Itobrico(m), at Eiras by Lanobrica, at Rairiz de Veiga by Veigebreaeco(m), at Arcuelos by Verubrigo(m), at Seisco de Anciães by Vordeaeco(m) and at S. Martinho by Vorteaecio(m).
The Battle of Montijo was fought on 26 May 1644, in Montijo, Spain, between Portuguese and Spanish forces.
The Berdín Palace (Spanish: Palacio de Berdín; Asturian: Palaciu de Berdín) is located in the village of Doiras, in Boal, Asturias, Spain.
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The San Lorenzo is a church in Toledo, Spain.
Coiba was home to the Coiba Cacique Indians until about 1560, when they were conquered by the Spanish and forced into slavery.
Their products are widely sold and distributed across Canada, USA, France, UK, Australia and Spain.
The dispute was over the traditional understanding of the relationship of the Catholic Church to secular states and how it supported relations with “confessional” states such as Spain and Italy.
Romana and his men arrived at Santander, Spain, where he was appointed Commander of the Galician Armada.
He married Juana Manuel de Portugal (ca. 1520-1568), daughter of Sancho I de Noronha Portugal, 2nd Count of Faro on 7 April 1541, at Ocaña.
Mazinger Z is extremely popular in Spain, Latin America and throughout Asia: UFO Robot Grendizer (aka Goldorak and Goldrake between 1976 and 1980 was a huge hit in Italy and France; Groizer X (aka O Pirata do Espaço ) was a '80s hit in Brasil.
In January 2014, Jordanov was called up to the first team for training camp in San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain.
El Chorro ("The Spurt") is a small village located in Málaga (Andalusia) in southern Spain, near the town of Álora.
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The path provides access to a hydro-electric plant and took its name after an official visit by Alfonso XIII of Spain in 1921.
Eugenio Morales Agacino (March 15, 1914 – March 9, 2002) was a Spanish entomologist and naturalist, named honorary doctorate by the Autonomous University of Madrid.
Eulalia of Mérida was a young Roman Christian martyred in Emerita, the capital of Lusitania (modern Mérida in Spain), conventionally during the persecution under Diocletian and Maximian.
In 2009, Canada's music sales went down by 7.4%, second only to Spain, according to a report released in April 28, 2010 by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, reported by an organization that has interest in stopping peer 2 peer.
Francisco de Paula Martínez y Sáez (March 30, 1835 – 1908) was a Spanish zoologist.
Francisco de Trillo y Figueroa (1618–1680) was a Spanish poet and historian.
Francisco del Plano (1658 – September 15, 1739) was a Spanish painter who was active in Navarra and the Basque Country.
Fray Lorenzo de San Nicolás (1593–1679) was a Spanish friar and architect.
The Fountain of the Fallen Angel (Spanish: Fuente del Ángel Caído) or Monument of the Fallen Angel is a highlight of the Buen Retiro Park in Madrid, Spain.
As a "Big 4" member (the four biggest financial contributors of the contest), Germany qualifies directly for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 alongside last year's winner Serbia and the three other "Big 4" members France, Spain and the United Kingdom.
Finally, on 18 February 1529, Charles V, deeply alarmed by the Ottoman progression towards Vienna, again sent a letter from Toledo to Shah Ismail, who had died in 1524 and had been replaced by Shah Tahmasp, pleading for a military diversion.
Thus, he extended the newly acquired empire by skillful diplomacy, consolidating it by founding the important city and naval base of Qart Hadasht, who would be lately called, by the Roman, Carthago Nova (Cartagena) as the capital of the new province, and by a treaty with the Roman Republic which fixed the River Ebro, Iberus in those time, as the boundary between the two powers, establishing Carthage's zone up to his south.
However, the strong rivalry between European powers such as Great Britain, Belgium, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Portugal, meant the reality soon dawned that no one nation was powerful enough to outdo all the others, and take complete control of the continent.
Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria or University Hospital of the Nuestra Señora de Candelaria is an advanced hospital in Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain).
In the summer of 2009, the song "Summercat" became popular in Spain thanks to its use in an advertising campaign of Estrella Damm.
Father Martínez marked the document as approved but later wrote in his own wish that the name "Ibayong Ilog" be changed to the name of his birthplace of Jaén, Spain.
This beautiful woman was captured by the Christians and taken to Avila where he was christened and married to the young Nalvillos Blázquez from the lineage of Davila´s of then emerge D. Alvaro de Luna.
José María Luengo Martínez (1896–1991) was a Spanish writer and archaeologist.
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He was born in Astorga on May 17, 1896 and died in La Coruña in 1991He was the son of Crescencio Luengo and Maria Dolores Martinez and was baptized in the parish of San Bartolome de Astorga (León).
However, he passed the validation examination given by the Spanish government in 1892, and he was sent abroad as a pensionado of the government to the Academia Militar de Toledo.
Since his retirement in 1989, he has spent long periods in Teulada on the Costa Blanca, Spain, and continues to compose.
Abitur was from a very prestigious Spanish family from the city of Mérida.
Aréizaga however was not able to stop the French invasion, and most of his forces were disbanded at Jaén in January 1810.
Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda (1489 – 17 November 1573) was a Spanish humanist, philosopher and theologian.
The Foncalada is a fountain of potable water located outside the city walls of Oviedo, Asturias, Spain; it was built by king Alfonso III of Asturias in the 9th century.
Las Bóvedas (the domes) is the local name for the remains of some Roman baths near San Pedro de Alcántara in Andalucia, Southern Spain.
The new town and its present location is called Toledo upon suggestion of the alcalde mayor of Cebu whose place of origin was Toledo, Spain.
Menahem was a native of Tortosa, and went, apparently at an early age, to Cordoba, where he found a patron in Isaac ben Ezra ibn Shaprut, the father of the subsequent statesman Hasdai ibn Shaprut.
Vauquelin was one of several officers serving in this expedition and was present at the raids against Maracaibo and Gibraltar in 1666 and Puerto de Cavallo and San Pedro in 1667.
Mora, Spain, a municipality in the province of Toledo, autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha
On 8 March 1939, Franco’s government decreed a ban on shipping around three miles from the coast of Levante, between the ports of Adra and Sagunto.
According to the Legend of Nazaré, the town derives its name from a small wooden statue of the Virgin Mary, a Black Madonna, brought by a monk in the 4th century from Nazareth, Holy Land, to a monastery near the city of Mérida, Spain, and was brought to its current place in 711 by another monk, Romano, accompanied by Roderic, the last Visigoth king.
Olga Merino (born October 1965) is a Spanish writer.
Paredes, Spain, a municipality in the province of Cuenca, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha
Pastrana, Spain, a medieval town and municipality in the province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha
The holotype specimen, LH 7777, part of the Las Hoyas Collection presently housed at the Museo de Cuenca, Cuenca, Spain, of Pelecanimimus was recovered at the famous La Hoyas locality in Cuenca Province, Spain, from lagerstätte beds within the Calizas de La Huérguina Formation dating to the Lower Barremian.
Kollock was born on November 1, 1959 in Zaragoza, Spain but came to the United States when he was a year old.
Ramón Carande (May 4, 1887 - September 1, 1986) was a Spanish historian.
The film was shot in Burgos, the director’s birthplace, although the novel takes place in Cáceres.
The Roman temple of Alcántara is located at one side of the Alcántara Bridge, Cáceres, Extremadura (Spain).
Tradition states that he was a Christian priest of Cabra who had two brothers: one was a Muslim, the other had no religion.
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St. Roderick's Convent and Hospital in Cabra, established in the 16th century, bears his name.
San Sebastian is one of the oldest churches of Toledo, Spain.
The setting is New Carthage (Cartagena), 210 BCE, after the Roman army, led by Scipione has captured the city from the Carthaginians and their Spanish allies.
Spain’s National Exhibition of Ship Building (Exponav) is an all year round permanent exhibition dedicated to the history of shipbuilding in Spain since it’s most humble and obscure beginnings in the Middle Ages to its present day covering different periods which include amongst others the Spanish Empire, the Discovery of America, Enlightenment and Industrial Age.
Teófilo Martínez (1913 - April 4, 1995) was a Spanish actor.
Under Alastair’s guidance the group toured overseas and claimed silver and bronze awards at the 35th International Choral Competition in Tolosa, Spain in 2003.
Furthermore, he was curator for several versions of the Venice Biennale and the biennales of Cuenca, Trujillo, San Juan, Buenos Aires, Lima and Porto Alegre, and for a number of expositions in Latin America and Europe.
The mountain is an iconic landmark towering over Tolosa at 730 m high, very popular with the locals of the town and villages around.
Villa romana de Río Verde is a Roman villa on the coast of Marbella, Spain.
The Peninsular War went on through the allied victories of Vera pass, the Battle of Nivelle, the Battle of Nive near Bayonne (10–14 December 1813), the Battle of Orthez (27 February 1814) and the Battle of Toulouse (10 April).
The championship match was played in Jaén in 1996 and, like the Candidates Tournament, dominated by Polgar who won 6 games (against 2) and in the end defeated champion Xie Jun by four points.
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The 2010 European Marathon Cup was the 9th edition of the European Marathon Cup of athletics and were held in Barcelona, Spain, inside of the 2010 European Championships.
To the back of the atrium area is the main church, with its rose/tan Plateresque facade reminiscent of the Colegiata de Santa María in Calatayud, Spain.
Antedon mediterranea is found in the Mediterranean and Aegean Seas and westward to the south coast of Spain and Cape St. Vincent.
Antonio Gutiérrez de Otero y Santayana (May 8, 1729 – May 14, 1799) was a Spanish Lieutenant General best known for repelling Admiral Nelson's attack on Santa Cruz de Tenerife in 1797.
The company had its world premiere in La Granja, Segovia, Spain on July 11, 2008 performing a mixed program of Bruch Violin Concerto, Clear and In the Upper Room.
Spain began its campaign by seizing the Chincha Islands, which were rich in guano, and demanding indemnity as recompense for the murder of two Spanish citizens in Lambayeque.
Mokhtar grew up in El Aaiun and studied economic science at the University of Málaga, Spain.
The Historia Britonum states that "The island of Britain derives its name from Brutus, a Roman consul" who conquered Spain.
Major wines in Castilian-Leonese cuisine include the robust wine of Toro, reds from Ribera del Duero, whites from Rueda, and clarets from Cigales.
Additionally, it also held other sporting events, most notably the under-21 match between Spain and Poland in 2006 (0–1).
Cerro de los Batallones (Hill of the Battalions) is a hill at Torrejón de Velasco, Madrid, Spain where a number of fossil sites from the Upper Miocene (MN10) have been found.
Stead also became involved with the writer, broker and Marxist political economist William J. Blake (formerly Wilhelm Blech), with whom she travelled to Spain (leaving at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War) and to the USA.
He found time to travel in France, Spain and North Africa using Tramp Steamers recording scenes that later formed many of the ideas for his water colours paintings.
Ferreira was naturalized in 2013 and made his international debut for Equatorial Guinea on 16 November 2013 against Spain as an 81st minute substitute for Viera Ellong.
Federico Alonso Tellechea (born August 15, 1981 in Buenos Aires) is a Spanish sailor.
Francisco Martin Borque was a Mexican entrepreneur, he was born in Soria, Spain in August 9, 1917 and died in December 24, 1998 in Torreon, Coahuila, their family arrived Veracruz port in October 30, 1926, then moved to Torreon with their uncle Pascual Borque, in 1930's decade toured Chihuahua, Sinaloa and Sonora sierras, was married with Ana María Bringas at February 15, 1949, in 1968 opened their first hypermarket under the name of Soriana.
Tillman and his wife of 40 years Stephanie live in Highgate, North London, and have a holiday home in Marbella, Spain.
Due to its role as a NATO High Readiness Forces Headquarters, soldiers from other NATO member states, the United States, Denmark, Norway, Spain, Italy, the United Kingdom amongst others, are also stationed at Münster.
Ibero-German means of or pertaining to people of Spanish or Portuguese descent living in Germany or the German speaking countries.
She is the foundress of The Sisters of Charity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.The actors for her cause is Hermanas de la Caridad del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús of Spain.
The video for the single features footage of a live Scooter concert in Differdange (Luxembourg), dancers Pae and Sarah performing the Melbourne Shuffle on the streets of Melbourne (Australia) and car scenes of H.P. Baxxter, the frontman of Scooter, recorded on Majorca (Spain).
In 1994 he retired to Spain - he died following a short illness at Torrevieja, on the Costa Blanca.
Juan Antonio Álvarez de Arenales (Reinoso, Spain, June 13, 1770 - Moraya, Bolivia, December 4, 1831) was an Argentine general of Spanish origin (considered also a Bolivian for his activities in Bolivia) that fought in the war for the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, Chile and Peru.
The institute has one solar telescope on the Schauinsland Mountain near Freiburg and, in collaboration with other institutions, uses solar telescopes of the Teide Observatory in Tenerife, Spain.
At the end of 2007, La Caixa had 5,480 branches, of which 5,468 are located throughout Spain and two operating abroad (Warsaw, Poland and Bucharest, Romania), and 10 representative offices in Germany, Belgium, China, France, Italy, Morocco, Portugal and the United Kingdom.
The work is an adaptation of the story of Charlemagne's battles in Spain and the adventures of his nephew, the paladin Orlando (Roland), including the tale of his mortal duel with Ferraguto and his ultimate death at Roncesvalles.
Over the course of its history, the Rock of Gibraltar has changed hands many times, among Spanish, Moorish, and British hands, although it has been consistently under British control since the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713.
Las Supremas de Móstoles (or The Supremes of Móstoles, in English) is a Spanish pop band made up of three sisters, Susi, Vicky and Luisi (two of them are twins).
Lechón, a municipality in Zaragoza Province, Aragon, Spain
Perhaps the best-known refugee she was able to help was Walter Benjamin, who reached Portbou, Spain, in September 1940.
Manuel Alberto Freire de Andrade y Armijo (4 November 1767 – 7 March 1835) was a Spanish cavalry officer and general officer during the Peninsular War, and later Defense Minister.
Manuel Orallo was mayor of Fabero, León, in north-west Spain from 1965 until 1977 and a provincial deputy during the 1960s and 1970s.
In 1998 he moved to Atlético Madrid B, but only lasted a few months in Spain, finishing the season at Yokohama Flügels in the J. League Division 1.
It was completed in 2008 and hosted the first ever match on 22 May of the same year between the U-19 national teams of Spain and Ukraine.
In Spain, the group appeared at the Prog Metal Fest, a multi-venue festival that visited four cities: Madrid, Palencia, Barcelona and Girona.
In June 2012 Minoan Air based an airliner in Spain (in either Burgos Airport or León Airport) to operate charter flights for Spanish tour operator Good Fly.
The former panel of judges was composed by Olga Sinclair (Panama), Pablo Jiménez Burillo (Spain), Sylvia Loria (Costa Rica), Thomas P. Murray (United States), Giovanni Scutaro (Venezuela).
On the wast side of Abantos is the port of Malagon, one of the toughest mountain stages of the Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain).
Perdido en el espacio is the second studio album by Spanish musician David Summers, released in 1997.
In addition to its type locality, it is reported from Predazzo, Tyrol, Austria; Carlingford, County Louth, Ireland; Broadford, Skye and the island of Muck, Scotland; León, Spain; the Bellerberg volcano, Eifel district, Germany; Nordmark and Långban, Varmland, Sweden; and Kopeysk, southern Ural Mountains, Russia.
Quely is a family-run company founded in Majorca, Spain, in 1853, that manufactures biscuits, baked goods, and chocolate-coated products.
San Nicasio was established in 1999 in Priego de Córdoba, in the Andalusian mountains of Spain, by Rafael del Rosal Lopez and his wife Carmen Osuna.
He became famous in Spain for interpreting the role of Curro Jiménez, in the TV show of the same name, that was broadcast by TVE from 1976 to 1979, being rebroadcast several times since then.
For a few years along the 50s, Seida was also dealer in Spain for the British Rootes Group car brands, and too for the short-lived Spanish-made Babcock truck.
Sierra de Santa Cruz, a mountain range in the Iberian System, Aragon, Spain
The location of San Sebastián in the cooler, northern part of Spain close to the French border ideally placed it as a summer capital alternative to Madrid.
The opera was first performed at the Nuovo Teatro del Palazzo Reale in Naples on 21 December 1652, to celebrate the Spanish capture of Barcelona, which put an end to the revolt of Catalonia (Naples was also a Spanish possession).
He was born in Oropesa, Spain, about 1495 and most sources claim he died on Puná Island, now part of Ecuador, in 1541, at the hands of the indigenous peoples.
From February to August 2003, VP-8 deployed to NAF Sigonella and Souda Bay, Crete, to provide 24-hour P-3 support for the two carrier battle groups in the Mediterranean during Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), flying nearly 100 overland combat missions and over 4,000 flight hours from Italy, Greece, Germany, Spain, and Senegal.
Puente Zuazo, bridge located in San Fernando in the Province of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain