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

See also

• Geology of Spain
• Azores–Gibraltar Transform Fault

References

1. United States Geological Survey (27 February 2004). "M6.4 Al Hoceima, Morocco Earthquake of 24 February 2004" (PDF). 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". earthquake.usgs.gov. 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. https://cadenaser.com/emisora/2021/01/27/radio_granada/1611714698_298281.html?outputType=amp
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 - 50km NNE of Al Hoceima, Morocco". Earthquakes.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
10. "M 6.3 - Strait of Gibraltar". Earthquakes.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2019-12-06.
11. "M 4.4 - 19 km SW of Bullas, Spain". Earthquakes.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
12. "M 4.8 - 12 km ESE of Calasparra, Spain". earthquake.usgs.gov.
13. "M 5.4 - 3 km NW of Becerreá, Spain". Earthquakes.usgs.gov. 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". Earthquakes.usgs.gov.
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