List of disasters in Spain by death toll

This list of Spanish disasters by death toll includes major disasters (excluding acts of war) that occurred on Spanish soil or involved Spanish citizens, in a definable incident, where the loss of life was 10 or more.

200 or more deaths

Fatalities	Year	Article	Type	Location
2,000,000-6,000,000^[1]	1348-1350	Black Death in Spain	Pandemic	Spain
500,000^[2]	1647-1652	Great Plague of Seville	Epidemic	Seville, Andalusia
121,852^[3]	2020-Present	COVID-19 pandemic in Spain	Pandemic	Spain
3,000-8,000	1870	1870 Barcelona yellow fever epidemic	Epidemic	Barcelona, Catalonia
2,500	1522	1522 Almería earthquake	Earthquake	Almería, Andalusia
1,200	1884	1884 Andalusian earthquake	Earthquake	Andalusia
1,000+	1879	Santa Teresa flood	Flood	Murcia
~1,000	1431	1431 Granada earthquake	Earthquake	Granada, Andalusia
~800	1428	1428 Catalonia earthquake	Earthquake	Catalonia
617-1,000	1962	1962 Vallés floods	Flood	Catalonia
590	1893	SS Cabo Machichaco	Ship explosion	Santander, Cantabria
583	1977	Tenerife airport disaster	Runway collision	Tenerife, Canary Islands
472	1870	HMS Captain (1869)	Ship sinking	offshore of Galicia
412	1895	Spanish cruiser Reina Regente (1887)	Ship sinking	Gulf of Cádiz
400	1804	1804 Almería earthquake	Earthquake	Almería, Andalusia
389	1829	1829 Torrevieja earthquake	Earthquake	Alicante, Valencian Community
298+	1826	1826 Canary Islands storm	Cyclone	Canary Islands
235	2024	2024 Spanish floods	Floods	Spain
215	1978	Los Alfaques disaster	Gas explosion	Tarragona, Catalonia
200-300	1937	MV Ciudad de Barcelona	Ocean liner torpedoed	offshore of Malgrat de Mar, Catalonia

100 to 199 deaths

Fatalities	Year	Article	Type	Location
181	1983	Avianca Flight 011	Plane crash	Madrid
165	1518	1518 Vera earthquake	Earthquake	Almería, Andalusia
155	1972	1972 Tenerife Spantax Convair CV-990 crash	Plane crash	Tenerife, Canary Islands
154	2008	Spanair Flight 5022	Plane crash	Madrid
148	1985	Iberia Flight 610	Plane crash	Oiz, Biscay
146	1980	Dan-Air Flight 1008	Plane crash	Tenerife, Canary Islands
144	1959	Vega de Tera disaster	Dam failure	Zamora, Castile and León
112	1970	Dan-Air Flight 1903	Plane crash	Arbúcies, Catalonia
104	1972	Iberia Flight 602	Plane crash	Ibiza, Balearic Islands

99 to 10 deaths

Fatalities	Year	Incident Name	Type	Location
93	1983	1983 Madrid Airport runway collision	Runway collision	Madrid
85	1973	Aviaco Flight 118	Plane crash	A Coruña, Galicia
82	1983	Alcalá 20 nightclub fire	Building fire	Madrid
81+	1957	1957 Valencia flood	Flood	Valencia
80+	1979	Hotel Corona de Aragón fire	Building fire	Zaragoza, Aragon
80	1960	1964 Mt. Alcazaba UTA Douglas DC-6 crash	Plane crash	Granada, Andalusia
79	1888	SS Sud America I	Ship sinking	Las Palmas, Canary Islands
79	2013	Santiago de Compostela derailment	Train derailment	Santiago de Compostela, Galicia
79	1972	El Cuervo Cádiz-Sevilla railbus crash	Train collision	Lebrija, Andalusia
78-100	1944	Torre del Bierzo rail disaster	Train collision	Torre del Bierzo, Castile and León
59	1884	Alcudia bridge disaster	Train accident	Alamillo, Castilla–La Mancha
52	1970	Soviet submarine K-8	Submarine fire	Bay of Biscay
50	1982	Spantax Flight 995	Plane crash	Málaga, Andalusia
44	1903	Montalvo bridge train derailment	Train accident	Torremontalbo, La Rioja
43	2006	Valencia Metro derailment	Train derailment	Valencia, Valencian Community
41	1887	SMS Gneisenau (1879)	Ship sinking	Málaga, Andalusia
39	1983	1983 Spanish floods	Floods	Biscay
38	1748	Estubeny earthquake	Earthquake	Estubeny, Valencian Community
35-39	2023	2023 Canary Islands migrant boat disaster	Migrant disaster	Offshore of Canary Islands
34-52	1965	Villar de los Álamos train crash	Train collision	Aldehuela de la Bóveda, Castile and León
34	1965	Grisén - Pinseque train fire	Train fire	Zaragoza, Aragon
33	1922	Paredes de Nava train crash	Train accident	Paredes de Nava, Castile and León
32	1504	Carmona earthquake	Earthquake	Seville, Andalusia
32	1959	1959 Transair Douglas Dakota accident	Plane crash	Montseny Massif, Catalonia
32	1978	Muñoz wayside station crossing accident	Train collision	La Fuente de San Esteban, Castile and León
30	1965	Iberia Flight 401	Plane crash	Tenerife, Canary Islands
27	2000	Soria bus crash	Traffic collision	Soria, Castile and León
24	1925	Sarrià train derailment	Train accident	Barcelona, Catalonia
23	1987	Cason	Ship sinking	Offshore of Galicia
21	1863	Alabern bridge disaster	Train accident	Hostalric, Catalonia
21	1926	L'Ametlla train derailment	Train accident	L'Ametlla de Mar, Catalonia
21	1958	1958 Aviaco SNCASE Languedoc crash	Plane crash	Guadarrama Mountains
21	1873	Viana de Cega derailment	Train accident	Viana de Cega, Castile and León
19	2005	Tropical Storm Delta (2005)	Cyclone	Canary Islands
19	1938	Reus train crash	Train accident	Reus, Catalonia
19	1915	Frieira train derailment	Train accident	Frieira, Galicia
19	2003	Chinchilla train collision	Train accident	Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón, Castilla–La Mancha
19	1950	Villallana train derailment	Train accident	Lena, Asturias
17-21	1957	Villaverde Orcasitas train crash	Train collision	Madrid
17	1976	Imperial Iranian Air Force Flight 48	Plane crash	Madrid
17	2009	2009 swine flu pandemic in Spain	Pandemic	Spain
17	2020	Storm Gloria	Cyclone	Northern Spain
17	1929	Gelida train accident	Train accident	Gelida, Catalonia
17	1850	Adelaide (shipwrecked 1850)	Ship sinking	Offshore of Galicia
15	1988	Juneda train accident	Train collision	Juneda, Catalonia
15	1872	Riera de San Jorge bridge disaster	Train accident	L'Ametlla de Mar, Catalonia
15	1891	Burgos train crash	Train accident	Burgos, Castile and León
15	1907	Cambrils train derailment	Train accident	Cambrils, Catalonia
14	1876	Tàrrega derailment	Train accident	Tàrrega, Catalonia
14	1894	Bilbao - Lezama train derailment	Train accident	Bilbao, Basque County
14	1951	Tortosa train accident	Train accident	Tortosa, Catalonia
14	1918	Medina del Campo boiler explosion	Train accident	Medina del Campo, Castile and León
13	2016	Erasmus bus crash	Bus crash	Freginals, Catalonia
13	2023	Fonda Milagros nightclub fire	Building fire	Murcia
13	1954	Los Jarales bridge collapse	Bridge collapse	Fregenal de la Sierra, Extremadura
13	1917	Pozaldez train crash	Train accident	Pozaldez, Castile and León
12	1956	1956 Atarfe–Albolote earthquake	Earthquake	Granada, Andalusia
12	1921	Villagonzalo derailment	Train accident	Villagonzalo, Extremadura
12	2001	Lorca train accident	Train collision	Lorca, Murcia
12	1922	Ontinyent train crash	Train collision	Ontinyent, Valencian Community
12	2010	Castelldefels train accident	Train accident	Castelldefels, Catalonia
10	2001	Flightline Flight 101	Plane crash	Offshore of the Columbretes Islands
10	2024	2024 Valencia residential complex fire	Building fire	Valencia, Valencian Community

References

^ "La peste negra: la epidemia que hizo temblar a Europa". Historia National Geographic (in Spanish). 2023-12-14. Retrieved 2025-03-29.
^ Ortiz, Antonio Domínguez (2006). La Sevilla del siglo XVII (in Spanish). Universidad de Sevilla. ISBN 978-84-7405-325-8.
^ Mathieu, Edouard; Ritchie, Hannah; Rodés-Guirao, Lucas; Appel, Cameron; Gavrilov, Daniel; Giattino, Charlie; Hasell, Joe; Macdonald, Bobbie; Dattani, Saloni; Beltekian, Diana; Ortiz-Ospina, Esteban; Roser, Max (2020-03-07). "COVID-19 Pandemic". Our World in Data.

[1] "La peste negra: la epidemia que hizo temblar a Europa". Historia National Geographic (in Spanish). 2023-12-14. Retrieved 2025-03-29.

[2] Ortiz, Antonio Domínguez (2006). La Sevilla del siglo XVII (in Spanish). Universidad de Sevilla. ISBN 978-84-7405-325-8.

[3] Mathieu, Edouard; Ritchie, Hannah; Rodés-Guirao, Lucas; Appel, Cameron; Gavrilov, Daniel; Giattino, Charlie; Hasell, Joe; Macdonald, Bobbie; Dattani, Saloni; Beltekian, Diana; Ortiz-Ospina, Esteban; Roser, Max (2020-03-07). "COVID-19 Pandemic". Our World in Data.

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