Significant earthquakes of 1777

1777 Earthquake: Tangier,sale, Morocco

1777

An earthquake struck Tangier,sale, Morocco in 1777.

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
1777
Place
Tangier,sale, Morocco
Tsunami
None recorded
Epicenter
35.500° N, 5.400° W
Country
Morocco

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.

Other significant earthquakes nearby

Within 200 km, the deadliest first.

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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 1431.