May 15, 1427 Earthquake: Olot,barcelona, Spain

Name: May 15, 1427 Earthquake: Olot,barcelona, Spain
Start: 1427-05-15
Location: Olot,barcelona, Spain

May 15, 1427 · Deaths: many

An earthquake struck Olot,barcelona, Spain on May 15, 1427.

Map

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: May 15, 1427
Place: Olot,barcelona, Spain
Intensity: 11 on the Modified Mercalli scale
Tsunami: None recorded
Epicenter: 41.700° N, 2.200° E
Country: Spain

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.

Other significant earthquakes nearby

Within 200 km, the deadliest first.

Significant earthquakes of 1427 The 1400s Recent earthquakes near here This day in weather history

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 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 591.