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