Significant earthquakes of 1276

1276 Earthquake: El Araish (Larache), Morocco

1276 · Deaths: many

An earthquake struck El Araish (Larache), Morocco in 1276.

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Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.

The earthquake

Date
1276
Place
El Araish (Larache), Morocco
Tsunami
None recorded
Epicenter
35.100° N, 6.100° W
Country
Morocco
Region
Northern Africa

The toll

Deaths
Many (about 101 to 1,000)
Damage
Severe (about $5 to $25 million)

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

What the record says

NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.

1276. Destructive in the region of El Araisch (Larache); many

deaths. (reference #1201).

Sources NCEI cites

The publications NCEI lists for this record. The numbers match the “reference #” notes in its account above.

  1. #1201 Rothe, J.P. (1970). Moyen-Orient et Afrique du Nord. Mission d'information seismologique, No de serie 1759, UNESCO, Paris, France, 45 p.
  2. #1183 Committee of Structural Steel Producers of American Iron and Steel Institute (1962). The Agadir, Morocco Earthquake February 29, 1960. American Iron and Steel Institute, New York, NY, 112 p.

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Sources

Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-10-01. NCEI earthquake 473.