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Date Published: 04/05/2022

ARCHIVED - Lorca Mayor helps Aguilas to draw up earthquake emergency response plan

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The town of Lorca has promised to lend its expertise to Águilas to develop its first Seismic Risk and response plan

<span style='color:#780948'>ARCHIVED</span> - Lorca Mayor helps Aguilas to draw up earthquake emergency response plan

Last week, the Mayor of Lorca, Diego José Mateos, contacted the Mayor of the neighbouring municipality Águilas, Mari Carmen Moreno, to promise her that his Town Council would be on board to help with anything they needed to draft of its first ever Local Plan for Seismic Risk.

The call for a Seismic Risk plan comes after a particularly strong earthquake that shook Lorca and Águilas last week, and which measured 3.5 on the Richter scale.

Because of this and other smaller recent earthquakes, it has become apparent that the risk of damage to buildings and infrastructure from future earthquakes is sufficiently high to warrant a specific plan to deal with this eventuality. It is important for the municipality, which is located in an area of considerable seismic risk, to have a plan that allows effective measures to be taken for the prevention, preparation, warning and organisation of a coordinated response to earthquakes, as well as a plan for subsequent rehabilitation and reconstruction of the damage suffered if necessary.

Lorca is no stranger to earthquakes either, and has its own Seismic Risk programme in case of strong tremors, which is why Lorca Town Council is perfectly placed to advise other municipalities in the Region of Murcia on how best to deal with earthquakes both while they’re happening and any possible aftereffects once they have subsided.

For more local news, events and visiting information visit the home page of Lorca Today.

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Oficina de Turismo de Lorca

Lorca Tourist Office

The rich and extensive history of Lorca has left a legacy of archaeological sites, and historic buildings, around which the modern City has built its tourism industry. Amongst these are Lorca Castle, the Jewish Quarter of the castle and Synagogue, Lorca Tourist Office Plaza de España, Colegiata de San Patricio, Museo de Arqueologico Municipal, Iglesia de San Francisco, Casa Huerto Ruano, Palacio de Guevara, Iglesia de San Mateo, Pósito de los Panaderos, Convento Virgen de las Huertas, Antiguo Convento de la Merced, Iglesia del Carmen and the Teatro Guerra.

Unfortunately Lorca has also been prone to natural disaster, suffering a Gota Fría on September 28th 2012, as well as an earthquake which measured 5.3 on the Richter scale on 11th May 2011 and claimed 9 lives. Since this earthquake the city has been rebuilding, winning recognition for its Lorca, Open for Restoration initiative, which used the restoration of the city as a tourist attraction whilst it rebuilt its historical buildings, some of which are currently still not open.

Lorca Tourist Office The tourist office itself has temporarily relocated until the renovations are completed and is on Calle San Patricio near the church.

Lorca also has an area of coastline incorporating the Parque Regional de Cabo Cope - Puntas de Calnegre, in the Sierra de Almenara, which includes the beaches of, Puntas de Calnegre, Baño de las Mujeres, San Lorca Tourist Office Pedro, El Siscal, Cala Honda, Cuartel del Ciscar, Junquera, Cala de la Gruta, Cala Leña, Los Hierros, Cala Blanca and Playa Larga, although many are accessible only through agricultural exploitations.

However, in spite of its many attractions, the name of Lorca is synonymous with Easter, (Semana Santa) its biblical parades of International Tourist Interest status and famous throughout Spain. The week includes a Lorca Tourist Office series of parades in which the whites (Paso Blanco) and blues (Paso Azúl) try to outdo each other with the magnificence of their embroideries and the skill and daring of their horsemen.