What the records say
- When
- 29 Mar 1954
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Where
- Spain
- Coordinates
- 37.00° N, 3.50° W
- Depth km
- 640
1954 Spain earthquake
Earthquake in Spain
An earthquake struck Granada in southern Spain with a moment magnitude of 7.8 at 07:17:07 local time on 29 March 1954. The earthquake had an epicenter in the town of Dúrcal, causing shaking to be felt across Madrid, Tangier, and seismographs detecting the waves in places like Toledo and Stuttgart, West Germany. This remains the largest earthquake with epicenter in mainland Spain by magnitude.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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