April 24, 1431 Earthquake: Granada, Spain
An earthquake struck Granada, Spain on April 24, 1431.
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
- April 24, 1431
- Place
- Granada, Spain
- Intensity
- 9 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 37.200° N, 3.600° W
- Country
- Spain
The toll
- 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.
1431, April 24, 37 deg 12 min N, 3 deg 36 min W, intensity VIII-IX, Granada. (reference #1124)
1431, April 24, 37 deg 24 min N, 3 deg 40 min W, intensity IX. (reference #1193)
1431, April 24. Intensity IX to X. Destructive earthquake in the region of Granada and was felt strongly and weakly in Murcia to Barcelona. (reference #1093)
1431, April 24. Spain (Catalonia, Aragon and Roussillon), also Ciudad Real in (New Castile). Intensity I which corresponds to an earthquake of intensity sufficient to crack walls, break chimneys, to shatter old buildings or to produce cracks in the ground. (reference #1055)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- September 22, 1522, Fez, Almeria, Morocco, Spain
- December 25, 1884, Arenas del Rey, Vega, Alhama, Malaga, Spain
- September 30, 1531, Baza, Spain
- August 25, 1804, Almeria, Dalias, Roquetas, Spain
- November 9, 1518, Vera, Spain
- October 9, 1680, Malaga, Spain
- August 28, 1674, Lorca, Spain
- April 5, 1504, Carmona, Spain
- October 27, 1806, Granada, Spain
- April 19, 1956, Spain
- May 11, 2011, Lorca, Spain
- January 13, 1804, Dalias, Almeria, Spain
- January 25, 2016, Melilla, Morocco
- March 29, 1954, Spain
- July 5, 1930, Montilla, Spain
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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 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 594.