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Just last night a huge earthquake struck the Greek Islands and Turkey and sparked a mini tsunami, leaving two people dead and more than 120 injured.

The 6.9 magnitude quake struck off the coast of Marmaris in Turkey, popular with Brit revellers, but left the Greek island of Kos the worst affected.

Now shock figures in a report seen by Daily Star Online have revealed the Balearic Islands of Ibiza, Majorca and Minorca are next most at risk should a quake happen.

Cartagena, Alicante, which includes popular destinations Benidorm and Murcia in the Iberian Peninsula, would face danger in the event of a quake, a report reads.

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We found holidaymakers would have just 20 minutes to flee for their lives as four metre-high waves surge towards the sunny tourist hotspots.

But thousands may be able "to do nothing" with no tsunami detectors along the coast.

More than 12 millions Brits travel to Spain each year for the sun-soaked beaches.

However, the report believes some of the top tourist hotspots are the most at risk.

The research by Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences details what would happen in the event of an earthquake in northern Algeria, off the south coast of Spain.

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The country sits on the boundary between the African Plate and the Eurasian Plate, which - if they snap - would place the entire eastern coast of Spain in the firing line.

Ibiza and Minorca are the greatest at risk – with the report stating a danger level of four out of five.

This means there is a "severe land threat with maximum wave elevations", according to the documents.

The area would then be submerged by giant waves of up to four metres high with the likes of Majorca, Alicante and Murcia swamped by two metre-high waves.

It would take just 20 minutes for the tsunami to reach Cartagena, 30 minutes to the Balearic islands of Formentera and Ibiza, and 40 minutes to Minorca.

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The report states: "Spain is one of the countries with a higher tsunami risk, not only because of the danger and exposure of their coasts, but also because of its high population density and the importance of tourism infrastructure to the country's economy."

It adds: "In the Iberian Peninsula the province of Murcia is the one that can be affected by greater tsunamis.

"These tsunamis would be generated in Northern Algeria, affecting the provinces of Almeria and Alicante, and especially the islands of Ibiza and Formentera.

"On the islands of Ibiza and Minorca are also recorded the highest maximum elevations, with height that may pass the four-metre mark locally."

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These findings come after Daily Star Online reported that shock research in terrifying new documentary "La Gran Ola" warns an earthquake in the Gulf of Cadiz could also trigger a mega tsunami.

Should this happen, scientists believe the resulting tidal wave could hammer large swathes of the western coastline of Spain and Portugal.