March 29, 1954 Earthquake: Spain

Date

March 29, 1954

Time

06:17:00 UTC

Place

Spain

Magnitude

7

Focal depth

640 km (398 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

37.000° N, 3.500° W

Country

Spain

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.

• September 22, 1522, Fez, Almeria, Morocco, Spain1,000 deaths · 75 km
• December 25, 1884, Arenas del Rey, Vega, Alhama, Malaga, SpainM6.7 · 745 deaths · 4,399 houses destroyed · 43 km
• September 30, 1531, Baza, Spain400 deaths · 90 km
• August 25, 1804, Almeria, Dalias, Roquetas, SpainM6.4 · 173 deaths · 2,500 houses destroyed · 65 km
• November 9, 1518, Vera, Spain165 deaths · 179 km
• October 9, 1680, Malaga, SpainM6.8 · 70 deaths · 2,111 houses destroyed · 100 km
• August 28, 1674, Lorca, Spain40 deaths · 176 km
• April 5, 1504, Carmona, Spain32 deaths · 172 km
• October 27, 1806, Granada, SpainM5.3 · 13 deaths · 33 km
• April 19, 1956, SpainM5 · 11 deaths · 26 km
• May 11, 2011, Lorca, SpainM5.1 · 10 deaths · $260.2 million · 179 km
• January 13, 1804, Dalias, Almeria, SpainM6.7 · 2 deaths · 102 km
• January 25, 2016, Melilla, MoroccoM6.3 · 1 death · 151 km
• April 24, 1431, Granada, Spain24 km
• February 16, 1930, Off Southern Coast, Spain120 km

Significant earthquakes of 1954The 1900sEvery quake the USGS located in 1954Recent earthquakes near hereThis day in weather history

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 4043.