October 20, 1654 Earthquake: Menorca (Minorca), Spain

Name: October 20, 1654 Earthquake: Menorca (Minorca), Spain
Start: 1654-10-20
Location: Menorca (Minorca), Spain

October 20, 1654 · Deaths: many

An earthquake struck Menorca (Minorca), Spain on October 20, 1654.

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: October 20, 1654
Place: Menorca (Minorca), Spain
Intensity: 9 on the Modified Mercalli scale
Tsunami: None recorded
Epicenter: 40.100° N, 3.600° E
Country: Spain

The toll

Deaths: Many (about 101 to 1,000)
Damage: Limited (under about $1 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.

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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 993.