Tremor

yes it seems it was but not 'offically' confirmed

but as for how often this site says rarely https://www.worlddata.info/europe/spain/earthquakes.php

while  an el  país article  from 2015 states they happen often but are less tha mag 5 so considered small 

''Yet each year, between 1,200 and 1,400 tremors are recorded in the Iberian peninsula. Usually they measure no more than 4.9 on the Richter scale, while one registering 5.0 or above occurs once every three and a half years or so.

The last time a major earthquake was felt in Spain was February 28, 1969, when a 7.8-magnitude tremor in Cape St. Vincent, in neighboring Portugal, knocked down several buildings in the southern Spanish province of Huelva.''

Yes, according to which website you look at the epicenter was 4km from los gallardos 

Yes definitely felt the tremor it was about 08.05hrs. It has happened before. As stated the epicentre was in the Los Gollardos area.

Apparently there were two? The larger 4,4 magnitude one 4km from Los Gallardos at 8:05, then at 8:10 another one 2,2 magnitude about 2,5 km offshore from Carbonaras

We certainly felt it in Los Lobos. We thought we would be thrown out of bed, and the noise was incredible.

Here's a post from Spectrum this morning:

"The Turre earthquake, the largest magnitude of 2022 in all of Spain with 4.1 on the Richter scale

For several seconds the ground trembled in a good part of the province of Almería at 8:05 a.m. on the last day of the year. A huge earthquake has awakened Levante Almeriense this New Year's Eve. At home, in the bar, or on the street, almost everyone has noticed it.

The earthquake registered by the National Geographic Institute has been of magnitude 4.1 on the Richter Scale. To serve as a comparison, the one that affected the neighboring city of Lorca in 2011 was 5.1. But the circumstance occurs that the epicenter of the earthquake this New Year's Eve has been on the earth's surface, which has made it much more noticeable than if it had been deep.

The force has been such that this tremor produced in the middle of the Sierra Cabrera, near the El Jalí (Turre) area, is the largest on firm land in all of Spain throughout the year 2022. In fact, only fifteen earthquakes have been recorded stronger (between 5.4 and 4.2 on the Richter Scale), but all of them at different sea points, both in the Atlantic and in the Alboran Sea.

It thus surpasses another very notable earthquake this year, the one that occurred in Los Vélez on September 16 and reached a magnitude of 4.0 on the Richter scale.

The tremor has been noted in more than 100 population centers in four provinces: Almería, Murcia, Granada and Jaén, according to data reported by witnesses on the website of the National Geographic Institute.

Throughout Saturday there have been two aftershocks of the earthquake at 8:05 am. The first was at 9:12 a.m. in Carboneras with a magnitude of 2.2 and another at 3:13 p.m. with an epicenter very close to the first (Sierra Cabrera, Turre) with a magnitude of 1.6.

Source: Diario de Almeria in English using Google Translate"

We felt the first one as far away as Roquetas de Mar, it shook the bed.

Chris

think that the earthquake in Lorca area destroyed more than a few buildings and was more recent than 1969 in fact they still have damaged properties to restore.   

It was in 2010

Interesting suggestions on the Lorca earthquake here What was the Lorca 2010 earthquake caused by?

Not sure if everyone knows but Earthquake magnitude is recorded using a log base 10 scale. That means a M5 is ten times more forceful than an M5,  so a M8 is 10,000 times more powerful. But its the distance from the occurrence that  in large part determines the damage to infrastructure. Of course if they are at sea, a tsunami wave can cause damage at much greater distances.