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Historic Earthquake
1954 Spain Earthquake
29 March 1954 · Spain
On 29 March 1954 at 06:17 UTC, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Spain, at a depth of 640 km. It occurred on the Eurasian Plate, 122 km from its boundary with the African Plate (continental collision).
- Date
- 29 March 1954
- Time
- 06:17 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Depth
- 640 km
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- Spain
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Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth