What the records say
- When
- 9 Oct 1680
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.8
- Where
- Spain
- Coordinates
- 36.80° N, 4.60° W
- Deaths
- 70
- Injuries
- 250
- Houses destroyed
- 2111
- Intensity mmi
- 9
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
2 sources record it
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
- EPICA v1.1, European preinstrumental earthquakes 1000–1899 (Rovida & Antonucci 2021)INGV · names it “Earthquake — NW. de Málaga”Creative Commons Attribution 4.0Source page
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