A tsunami warning was temporarily issued just moments after a 5.5 magnitude earthquake hit Spain. The alert was activated after the 'quake impacted around 50 towns and cities in the region, with some locals calling it the "greatest earthquake" they had ever experienced.

A Spanish holiday hotspot loved by Brits has been rocked by an earthquake as buildings shake in over 50 towns. It was just after 7am this morning when windows began to rattle and buildings started to shake as the 5.4-magnitude quake hit.

The “megathrust” earthquake’s undersea magnitude was 9.0, recorded as one of the worst in Japan’s history. It began on the Pacific seabed 45 miles away from the eastern coast of Japan, as reported by Scientific American .