A POPULAR holiday destination favoured by Brits has been hit by its strongest earthquake in 60 years.
Gran Canaria was rumbled by the tremor at 7.20pm local time tonight, measuring 3.8 on the Richter scale.
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The shaking was felt in 14 of the Canary island’s 21 municipalities, with seismologists calling it the fiercest in 60 years.
Itahiza Dominguez, the Canary Islands Director for the National Geographic Institute, told media it was the strongest earthquake detected in Gran Canaria in at least 60 years.
There were no immediate reports of any casualties or structural damage.
