The buildings which collapsed during the double earthquake that killed eight people in Spain should never have fallen down in earthquake of that magnitude

Up to 15,000 people have been left homeless in the southeastern city of Lorca after Spain's most destructive earthquakes in 50 years.
However, Luis Eugenio Suarez, the president of the Spanish Geological Association, told Italian publication Publico Online that a 5.2 magnitude earthquake "should not have claimed any victims" and that the buildings in Lorca "should not have fallen down".
He said: "Murcia, Andalucia and the Levante are areas of seismic risk. So they should have been prepared. An earthquake of 5.2 is not sufficiently intense to collapse buildings".
Buildings may have been more likely to fall if they had sustained previous damage.
Thousands of people camped outside overnight in the southeastern Spanish city of Lorca in fear of further tremors.