List of earthquakes in Spain
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 | Mag. | MMI | Deaths | Injuries | Notes | |
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2021-08-12 | Granada, Andalusia | 4.6 Mw | VII | Minor damage | [2][3] | ||
2016-01-25 | Alboran Sea | 6.3 Mw | VI | 1 | 30+ | Moderate damage | [4] |
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 | [5] | ||
1999-02-02 | Murcia | 4.8 Mw | VII | 20 | Minor damage | [6] | |
1997-05-22 | Galicia | 5.4 Mw | VII | 1 | Minor damage | [7] | |
1993-12-23 | Andalusia | 5.3 Mw | VII | Minor damage | [8] | ||
1956-04-19 | Albolote, Granada | 5.0 Mw | VIII | 11 | [9] | ||
1954-03-29 | Granada, Andalusia | 7.8 Mw | V | Property damage at Granada, 640 km depth | [9][10] | ||
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 | [9] |
1817-03-18 | La Rioja | XI | Heavy damage, felt in Madrid | [9] | |||
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 | Alboran Sea | 6.7 | VII–VIII | 2 | |||
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 | [9] | ||
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 | [9] | ||
1518-11-09 | Vera, Almería | IX | 165 | [9] | |||
1504-04-05 | Carmona, Sevilla | 6.8 | VIII–IX | 32 | [9] | ||
1494-01-26 | Málaga | VIII | [9] | ||||
1431-04-24 | Granada, Andalusia | 6.8 | VIII–IX | 1,000 | [9][11] | ||
1428-02-02 | Girona, Catalonia | 6.7 | IX | 800 | [9] | ||
1373-03-02 | Aragon | VIII—IX | [9] | ||||
1356-08-24 | Cape St Vincent, Portugal | VIII | Damage in Seville | [9] | |||
1169 | Jaén Andalusia | VIII–IX | [9] | ||||
1170 | Andújar, Jaén | 6.0 | VIII–IX | ||||
1048 | Alicante, Valencia | VIII | [9] | ||||
1024-03-15 | South of Spain | VIII–X | [9] | ||||
974 | Córdoba, Andalusia | [9] | |||||
957 | Córdoba, Andalusia | [9] | |||||
944 | Córdoba, Andalusia | [9] | |||||
881-06-10 | Gulf of Cadiz, Andalusia | 7.2 | [9] | ||||
880 | Córdoba, Andalusia | 5.7 | VIII | [9] | |||
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[]
- ^ United States Geological Survey (27 February 2004). "M6.4 Al Hoceima, Morocco Earthquake of 24 February 2004" (PDF). Retrieved 9 December 2019.
- ^ "M 4.6 - 3 km SW of Santafe, Spain". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "M 6.3 - 50km NNE of Al Hoceima, Morocco". Earthquakes.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
- ^ "M 6.3 - Strait of Gibraltar". Earthquakes.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
- ^ "M 4.8 - 12 km ESE of Calasparra, Spain". earthquake.usgs.gov.
- ^ "M 5.4 - 3 km NW of Becerreá, Spain". Earthquakes.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
- ^ "M 5.3 - 7 km E of Adra, Spain". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Instituto Geográfico Nacional. "Terremotos más importantes (En España)" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-03-12.
- ^ "M 7.8 - 4 km W of Dúrcal, Spain". Earthquakes.usgs.gov.
- ^ "Así fueron los cinco terremotos de Granada que están entre los más importantes de la historia de España". 28 May 2019.
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Earthquakes in Spain. |
- 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
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