List of earthquakes in Spain

This is a list of notable earthquakes that had epicentres in Spain, or significantly affected the country.

Earthquakes M5.5+ (1900–2016) Mediterranean

Geology

Spain lies on the Eurasian plate just to the north of its boundary with the African plate. The southernmost part of Spain is the zone with the highest seismicity in the country. The African plate is obliquely converging with the Eurasian plate at about 5 mm/year. ^[1]

Earthquakes

Date	Region	Mag.	MMI	Deaths	Injuries	Notes
2021-08-12	Granada, Andalusia	4.6 Mw	VII			Minor damage	[2] [3]
2021-01-28	Granada, Andalusia	4.2 Mw	IV			Minor damage	[4] [5]
2021-01-26	Granada, Andalusia	4.5, 4.2, 4.4 Mw	IV-V			Three earthquakes in a 30-minute period. Minor damages in households. Many people spent the night out in the street.	[6]
2021-01-23	Granada, Andalusia	4.2 Mw	IV		1	Minor damage/Part of an earthquake swarm	[7] [8]
2016-01-25	Alboran Sea	6.3 Mw	VI	1	30+	Moderate damage	[9]
2011-05-11	Lorca, Murcia	5.1 Mw	VIII	9	403	Damage to a clocktower and old buildings
2010-11-04	Granada, Andalusia	6.3 Mw	III			609 km depth	[10]
2005-01-29	Murcia	4.4 Mw	VI			565 houses damaged	[11]
1999-02-02	Murcia	4.8 Mw	VII		20	Minor damage	[12]
1997-05-22	Galicia	5.4 Mw	VII	1		Minor damage	[13]
1993-12-23	Andalusia	5.3 Mw	VII			Minor damage	[14]
1956-04-19	Albolote, Granada	5.0 Mw	VIII	11			[15]
1954-03-29	Granada, Andalusia	7.8 Mw	V			Property damage at Granada, 640 km depth	[15] [16]
1884-12-25	Granada, Málaga, Almería	6.7 Mw	IX	1,200	3,000+	Heavy damage
1829-03-21	Torrevieja, Alicante	6.6 Mw	IX	389	377	More than 2,000 buildings were destroyed	[15]
1817-03-18	La Rioja		XI			Heavy damage, felt in Madrid	[15]
1806-10-27	Pinos Puente, Granada	5.3 Ms	VIII	13
1804-08-25	Almería	6.4 Mw	VIII–IX	1,000	100+	Severe damage
1804-01-13	Motril, Granada	6.7	VII–VIII	2
1790-10-10	Algeria	6.0–6.5	VIII–IX	3,000		Tsunami reported. Damaging in Spain. All fatalities reported in Algeria.
1755-11-01	Atlantic Ocean	8.5–9.0 Mw	XI	10,000–100,000		Major tsunami, widespread damage in southwestern Spain
1748-03-23	Estubeny, Valencia	6.2	IX	38			[15]
1680-10-09	Granada, Andalusia	6.8	VII–IX
1658-12-31	Almería		VIII–IX
1644-06-19	Muro de Alcoy, Alicante		VIII	38
1550-04-19	Almería		VI–X
1531-09-30	Baza, Granada, Andalusia		VIII–IX
1522-09-22	Almería	6.8–7.0 Mw	X–XI	2,500			[15]
1518-11-09	Vera, Almería		IX	165			[15]
1504-04-05	Carmona, Sevilla	6.8	VIII–IX	32			[15]
1494-01-26	Málaga		VIII				[15]
1431-04-24	Granada, Andalusia	6.8	VIII–IX	1,000			[15] [17]
1428-02-02	Girona, Catalonia	6.7	IX	800			[15]
1373-03-02	Aragon		VIII–IX				[15]
1356-08-24	Cape St Vincent, Portugal		VIII			Damage in Seville	[15]
1169	Jaén Andalusia		VIII–IX				[15]
1170	Andújar, Jaén	6.0	VIII–IX
1048	Alicante, Valencia		VIII				[15]
1024-03-15	South of Spain		VIII–X				[15]
974	Córdoba, Andalusia						[15]
957	Córdoba, Andalusia						[15]
944	Córdoba, Andalusia						[15]
881-06-10	Gulf of Cádiz, Andalusia	7.2					[15]
880	Córdoba, Andalusia	5.7	VIII				[15]
Note: The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand alone articles. The principles described also apply to lists. In summary, only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded.

See also

• Geology of Spain
• Azores–Gibraltar transform fault

References

1. "M6.4 Al Hoceima, Morocco Earthquake of 24 February 2004" (PDF). United States Geological Survey. 27 February 2004. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
2. "M 4.6 – 3 km SW of Santafe, Spain". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
3. Hoy, Granada (2021-08-14). "El mayor terremoto sentido en Granada desde 1984 deja daños leves y un gran "susto" en los granadinos". Granada Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-08-18.
4. "M 4.3 – 2 km ENE of Chauchina, Spain". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
5. Hoy, Granada (January 28, 2021). "Terremoto en Granada: "Estoy vivo de milagro, se ha caído el techo de mi casa"". Granada Hoy (in European Spanish). Retrieved January 28, 2021.
6. "El vídeo de la noche de los terremotos en Granada: 40 seísmos en ocho horas". 27 January 2021.
7. "M 4.2 – 2 km WSW of Santafé, Spain". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
8. "Spain earthquake: Granada rocked by magnitude 4.2 tremors – half a million people impacted". express.co.uk. 2021-01-23. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
9. "M 6.3 – 50 km NNE of Al Hoceima, Morocco". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
10. "M 6.3 – Strait of Gibraltar". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
11. "M 4.4 – 19 km SW of Bullas, Spain". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
12. "M 4.8 – 12 km ESE of Calasparra, Spain". United States Geological Survey.
13. "M 5.4 – 3 km NW of Becerreá, Spain". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
14. "M 5.3 – 7 km E of Adra, Spain". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
15. Instituto Geográfico Nacional. "Terremotos más importantes (En España)" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-03-12.
16. "M 7.8 – 4 km W of Dúrcal, Spain". United States Geological Survey.
17. "Así fueron los cinco terremotos de Granada que están entre los más importantes de la historia de España". 28 May 2019.

External links

• Catálogo sísmico de la Península Ibérica (880 a. C.-1900) Earthquake Catalogue for the Iberian Peninsula (880 BC–1900 AD) (in Spanish)
• Earthquakes in Spain, Iberia Nature