The first quake 4.4 on the Richter scale while the second quake 5.2.
Were reported huge devastation in the town of Lorca to the proximity of the epicenter.
The quake caused the displacement of thousands in the city of Lorca, where many buildings collapsed.
The quake caused panic among the inhabitants of the city.
And the transfer of 167 wounded, including three in serious condition in hospital.
The mayor of the town, in broadcast remarks, said the dead had died by falling debris from collapsed buildings and installations.
Officials said that the difference in time between the earthquakes was around two hours, but an event in roughly the same area.
Emergency
And instructed the Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero to send units of the emergency forces of the Spanish army to help in rescue operations in the region.
And Spanish TV stations carried footage of the rescue teams and relief as they try to search for survivors or people living amid the debris that has spread in the streets of the town.
According to the local authorities have been evacuated a total of ten thousand people in the city with a population of 92,700 inhabitants, 70 km south west of Murcia, where public bodies are distributed food.
According to the BBC's Sarah Rainsford in Madrid that the two strongest earthquakes in the country for nearly fifty years.
The Balzlsalyn felt widely around Murcia, also recorded several aftershocks.
The quake was felt until the residents of the capital Madrid, which lies 350 km to the north-west.
And monitoring experts say that Spain is witnessing dozens of earthquakes a year, but residents do not feel mostly because of poor strength.
The region of Murcia, very active areas for closer to the earthquake belt Almtd across the Mediterranean, has been recorded by several earthquakes between 1999 and 2005
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