August 28, 1674 Earthquake: Lorca, Spain
An earthquake struck Lorca, Spain on August 28, 1674. It killed 40 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
- August 28, 1674
- Place
- Lorca, Spain
- Intensity
- 8 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 37.683° N, 1.700° W
- Country
- Spain
The toll
- Deaths
- 40
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
- Houses damaged
- Many (101 to 1,000)
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.
Series of earthquakes on 09 and 10 August and 28, 19, 09 September and 05 October. Most important event being 28 August at 9:30 at night. More than 30 deaths and destruction of city [of Lorca] (reference #13516)
40 deaths (reference #12773)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- 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
- November 9, 1518, Vera, Spain
- December 2, 1620, Alicante, Spain
- June 26, 1644, Alicante, Spain
- October 27, 1806, Granada, Spain
- April 19, 1956, Spain
- May 11, 2011, Lorca, Spain
- January 29, 2005, La Paca, Zarcilla DE Ramos, Spain
- February 2, 1999, Mula, Puebla DE Mula, Spain
- March 23, 1748, Valence, Spain
- April 24, 1431, Granada, Spain
- March 29, 1954, 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 10685.