January 29, 2005 Earthquake: La Paca, Zarcilla DE Ramos, Spain
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck La Paca, Zarcilla DE Ramos, Spain on January 29, 2005 at 07:41:31 UTC, 5 km below the surface.
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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
- January 29, 2005
- Time
- 07:41:31 UTC
- Place
- La Paca, Zarcilla DE Ramos, Spain
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb)
- Focal depth
- 5 km (3 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 37.910° N, 1.820° W
- Country
- Spain
The toll
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
At least 565 houses damaged (VI) at La Paca and Zarcilla de Ramos. Felt (V) at Aviles, Coy, La Fuensanta, La Hoya and Los Rios; (IV) at Archena, Bullas, Caravaca, Cehegin, Huescar, Lorca, Mula, Santiago de la Espada, Totana and Velez Rubio; (III) at Cartagena, Granada, Jaen, Molina de Segura and Murcia; (II) at Albecete, Alcoy, Alicante, Almeria, Bajo Segura, Ciudad Real, Orihuela and Valencia.
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
- August 28, 1674, Lorca, 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
- 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 5843.