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List of earthquakes in Spain

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

Earthquakes M5.5+ (1900-2016) Mediterranean

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United States Geological Survey (27 February 2004). "M6.4 Al Hoceima, Morocco Earthquake of 24 February 2004" (PDF). Retrieved 9 December 2019.

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"M 4.6 - 3 km SW of Santafe, Spain". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 12 August 2021.

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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.

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"M 4.3 - 2 km ENE of Chauchina, Spain". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved February 16, 2021.

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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.

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"M 4.2 - 2 km WSW of Santafé, Spain". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 29 April 2022.

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"Spain earthquake: Granada rocked by magnitude 4.2 tremors – half a million people impacted". express.co.uk. 2021-01-23. Retrieved 2022-04-29.

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"M 6.3 - 50km NNE of Al Hoceima, Morocco". Earthquakes.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2019-12-06.

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"M 6.3 - Strait of Gibraltar". Earthquakes.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2019-12-06.

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"M 4.4 - 19 km SW of Bullas, Spain". Earthquakes.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2022-04-07.

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"M 4.8 - 12 km ESE of Calasparra, Spain". earthquake.usgs.gov.

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"M 5.4 - 3 km NW of Becerreá, Spain". Earthquakes.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2022-02-22.

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"M 5.3 - 7 km E of Adra, Spain". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 14 March 2022.

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Instituto Geográfico Nacional. "Terremotos más importantes (En España)" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-03-12.

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"M 7.8 - 4 km W of Dúrcal, Spain". Earthquakes.usgs.gov.

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"Así fueron los cinco terremotos de Granada que están entre los más importantes de la historia de España". 28 May 2019.

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Date	Region	Mag.	MMI	Deaths	Injuries	Notes
2021-08-12	Granada, Andalusia	4.6 M_w	VII			Minor damage	^[2]^[3]
2021-01-28	Granada, Andalusia	4.2 M_w	IV			Minor damage	^[4]^[5]
2021-01-26	Granada, Andalusia	4.5, 4.2, 4.4 M_w	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 M_w	IV		1	Minor damage/Part of an earthquake swarm	^[7]^[8]
2016-01-25	Alboran Sea	6.3 M_w	VI	1	30+	Moderate damage	^[9]
2011-05-11	Lorca, Murcia	5.1 M_w	VIII	9	403	Damage to a clocktower and old buildings
2010-11-04	Granada, Andalusia	6.3 M_w	III			609 km depth	^[10]
2005-01-29	Murcia	4.4 M_w	VI			565 houses damaged	^[11]
1999-02-02	Murcia	4.8 M_w	VII		20	Minor damage	^[12]
1997-05-22	Galicia	5.4 M_w	VII	1		Minor damage	^[13]
1993-12-23	Andalusia	5.3 M_w	VII			Minor damage	^[14]
1956-04-19	Albolote, Granada	5.0 M_w	VIII	11			^[15]
1954-03-29	Granada, Andalusia	7.8 M_w	V			Property damage at Granada, 640 km depth	^[15]^[16]
1884-12-25	Granada, Málaga, Almería	6.7 M_w	IX	1,200	3,000+	Heavy damage
1829-03-21	Torrevieja, Alicante	6.6 M_w	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 M_s	VIII	13
1804-08-25	Almería	6.4 M_w	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 M_w	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 M_w	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 Cadiz, Andalusia	7.2					^[15]
880	Córdoba, Andalusia	5.7	VIII				^[15]
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