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Earthquakes in Spain
Every earthquake in and around Spain since 1900: how often it shakes, the strongest on record and the latest quakes. Offshore quakes within 300 km of its towns count too.
Past 30 days0M2.5+
Past year14M2.5+
Magnitude 6+3since 1900
StrongestM 7.81954 · Strait of Gibraltar
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Magnitude 4.5+ per year since 1900
Before the 1970s fewer stations were recording, so early years undercount the smaller quakes.
The strongest earthquakes in Spain
- 7.8 Strait of Gibraltar Mar 29, 1954
- 6.4 61 km SSE of Castell de Ferro, Spain Jun 16, 1910
- 6.3 1 km S of Nigüelas, Spain Apr 11, 2010
- 5.9 282 km W of Frontera, Spain Apr 1, 1959
- 5.8 36 km ENE of Ceuta, Spain Jun 16, 1910
- 5.6 14 km SSE of Roquetas de Mar, Spain May 11, 1978
- 5.6 2 km ENE of Bocairent, Spain Sep 26, 1976
- 5.6 6 km WSW of Tabernas, Spain Mar 5, 1932
- 5.5 39 km NW of Melilla, Spain Aug 23, 1959
- 5.5 7 km WNW of San Miguel de Salinas, Spain Sep 10, 1919
Last 24 months
How deep
The latest
- 3.0 2 km NW of Benferri, Spain Sep 25, 2026
- 4.4 1 km WSW of Alhendín, Spain Aug 18, 2026
- 4.6 4 km NE of Escúzar, Spain Aug 18, 2026
- 4.9 1 km SE of Las Gabias, Spain Aug 18, 2026
- 5.0 1 km W of Alhendín, Spain Aug 14, 2026
- 3.0 3 km NE of Zurgena, Spain Aug 13, 2026
- 4.2 102 km NW of Mugia, Spain Jul 27, 2026
- 3.1 2 km W of Huétor Vega, Spain Jul 26, 2026
- 4.5 69 km NE of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain May 22, 2026
- 4.5 69 km SSE of Fuengirola, Spain Mar 17, 2026
- 4.3 4 km WSW of Turrillas, Spain Feb 15, 2026
- 4.0 3 km S of Cortes de la Frontera, Spain Feb 13, 2026
- 4.0 9 km N of Armiñón, Spain Dec 7, 2025
- 4.4 3 km ESE of Fuengirola, Spain Dec 5, 2025
- 4.3 29 km S of El Ejido, Spain Oct 29, 2025