November 9, 1518 Earthquake: Vera, Spain
An earthquake struck Vera, Spain on November 9, 1518. It killed 165 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
- November 9, 1518
- Place
- Vera, Spain
- Intensity
- 11 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 37.200° N, 1.500° W
- Country
- Spain
The toll
- Deaths
- 165
- Damage
- Extreme (about $25 million or more)
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.
- October 9, 1790, Cartagena, Santa Fe, Oran, Spain, Algeria
- March 21, 1829, Torrevieja, Murcia, Spain
- September 22, 1522, Fez, Almeria, Morocco, Spain
- September 30, 1531, Baza, Spain
- August 25, 1804, Almeria, Dalias, Roquetas, Spain
- August 28, 1674, Lorca, Spain
- December 2, 1620, Alicante, Spain
- October 27, 1806, Granada, Spain
- April 19, 1956, Spain
- May 11, 2011, Lorca, Spain
- June 6, 2008, Oran, Algeria
- January 9, 2008, Oran, Algeria
- January 29, 2005, La Paca, Zarcilla DE Ramos, Spain
- February 2, 1999, Mula, Puebla DE Mula, Spain
- March 29, 1954, Spain
More
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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 689.