1428 Catalonia earthquake

When

2 Feb 1428

Kind

Earthquake

Coordinates

42.37° N, 2.15° E

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 1428 Catalonia earthquake.

The Catalonia earthquake takes place in the Catalonian region of Spain during Candlemas, estimated later at 6.5 magnitude, with extreme damage to the city of Roussillon and to the village of Queralbs. The quake collapses a church in Puigcerdà, killing more than 100 people, and 1,000 overall.

Earthquake in Catalonia

The Catalan earthquake of 2 February 1428, known in Catalan as the terratrèmol de la candelera because it took place during Candlemas, struck the Principality of Catalonia, especially Roussillon, with an epicentre near Camprodon. The earthquake was one of a series of related seismic events that shook Catalonia in a single year.

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