List of earthquakes in Spain explained

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

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			data-sort-type=number	Deaths	data-sort-type=number	Injuries	Notes
2021-08-12	Granada, Andalusia	4.6	VII			Minor damage	^[2] ^[3]
2021-01-28	Granada, Andalusia	4.2	IV			Minor damage	^[4] ^[5]
2021-01-26	Granada, Andalusia	4.5, 4.2, 4.4	IV-V			Three earthquakes in a 30 minutes period. Minor damages in households. Many people spent the night out in the street.	^[6]
2021-01-23	Granada, Andalusia	4.2	IV		1	Minor damage/Part of an earthquake swarm	^[7] ^[8]
	Alboran Sea	6.3 Mw	VI	1	30+	Moderate damage	^[9]
2011-05-11		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		4.8	VII		20	Minor damage	^[12]
1997-05-22	Galicia	5.4 Mw	VII	1		Minor damage	^[13]
1993-12-23	Andalusia	5.3	VII			Minor damage	^[14]
1956-04-19		5.0 Mw	VIII	11
1954-03-29	Granada, Andalusia	7.8 Mw	V			Property damage at Granada, 640 km depth	^[15]
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
1817-03-18	La Rioja		XI			Heavy damage, felt in Madrid
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
1680-10-09		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			VIII–IX
1522-09-22	Almería	6.8–7.0 Mw	X–XI	2,500
1518-11-09	Vera, Almería		IX	165
1504-04-05	Carmona, Sevilla	6.8	VIII–IX	32
1494-01-26	Málaga		VIII
1431-04-24	Granada, Andalusia	6.8	VIII–IX	1,000			^[16]
1428-02-02	Girona, Catalonia	6.7	IX	800
1373-03-02	Aragon		VIII–IX
1356-08-24	Cape St Vincent, Portugal		VIII			Damage in Seville
1169	Jaén Andalusia		VIII–IX
1170	Andújar, Jaén	6.0	VIII–IX
1048	Alicante, Valencia		VIII				^[17]
1024-03-15	South of Spain		VIII–X
974	Córdoba, Andalusia
957	Córdoba, Andalusia
944	Córdoba, Andalusia
881-06-10		7.2
880	Córdoba, Andalusia	5.7	VIII
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

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

Notes and References

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