April 5, 1504 Earthquake: Carmona, Spain
An earthquake struck Carmona, Spain on April 5, 1504 at 09:00 UTC. It killed 32 people.
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 5, 1504
- Time
- 09:00 UTC
- Place
- Carmona, Spain
- Intensity
- 10 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 37.300° N, 5.400° W
- Country
- Spain
The toll
- Deaths
- 32
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.
- December 25, 1884, Arenas del Rey, Vega, Alhama, Malaga, Spain
- January 29, 1909, Tetuan (Tetouan),romars, Morocco
- October 9, 1680, Malaga, Spain
- October 27, 1806, Granada, Spain
- April 19, 1956, Spain
- 1464, Sevilla (Seville), Spain
- 1589, Spain
- July 5, 1930, Montilla, Spain
- August 14, 1978, Spain
- April 24, 1431, Granada, Spain
- May 6, 1773, Tangiers, Morocco
- March 29, 1954, Spain
- December 27, 1722, Tavira, Algarve, Portugal
- 216 BC, Cadiz, 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 664.