Three injured as new tremors hit Granada in Spain
A series of earthquakes in Spain's Granada province has caused structural damage and minor injuries, leading to the temporary closure of the Alhambra complex. Emergency services are managing reports of debris and cracks as tremors continue in the region.
Why it matters
The damage to the historic Alhambra, a major global tourist site, highlights the vulnerability of cultural heritage to seismic activity.
Tourist access to the medieval Alhambra complex was restricted after three more earthquakes shook Spain's southern Granada province, causing some damage to buildings in the region and forcing the closure of some museums and sport facilities.
At least three people were lightly injured, Andalusia's regional official Antonio Sanz said, adding that one of them, a child, was taken to hospital.
The earthquakes each had magnitudes above 4, the country's National Geographic Institute (IGN) said.
The tremors followed Saturday's magnitude 5 earthquake in the historic city of Granada, which damaged houses and cars and forced the temporary closure of the medieval palace-fortress of the Alhambra, one of Spain's main tourist sites that was visited by 2.7 million people last year.
This time, authorities at the Alhambra interrupted tourist access to parts of the sprawling complex on a hill above the city that is a monument of Islamic architecture in Spain.
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